How To Install microcom on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install microcom
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is microcom
microcom is:
microcom is a minimalistic terminal program for accessing devices (e.g. switches) via a serial connection. It features connection via RS232 serial interfaces (including setting of transferrates) as well as in “telnet mode” as specified in rfc2217.
There are three methods to install microcom
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install microcom Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install microcom
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install microcom
Install microcom Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install microcom
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install microcom
Install microcom Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install microcom
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install microcom
How To Uninstall microcom on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the microcom
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove microcom
Uninstall microcom And Its Dependencies
To uninstall microcom
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove microcom
Remove microcom Configurations and Data
To remove microcom
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge microcom
Remove microcom configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove microcom
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge microcom
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install microcom
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.