How To Install minimodem on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install minimodem on Debian 11.
What is minimodem
minimodem is:
Minimodem is a command-line program which decodes (or generates) audio modem tones at any specified baud rate, using various framing protocols. It acts a general-purpose software FSK modem, and includes support for various standard FSK protocols such as Bell103, Bell202, RTTY, TTY/TDD, NOAA SAME, and Caller-ID.
Minimodem can play and capture audio modem tones in real-time via the system audio device, or in batched mode via audio files.
Minimodem can be used to transfer data between nearby computers using an audio cable (or just via sound waves), or between remote computers using radio, telephone, or another audio communications medium.
There are three methods to install minimodem on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install minimodem Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install minimodem using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install minimodem
Install minimodem Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install minimodem using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install minimodem
Install minimodem 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install minimodem using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install minimodem
How To Uninstall minimodem on Debian 11
To uninstall only the minimodem package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove minimodem
Uninstall minimodem And Its Dependencies
To uninstall minimodem and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove minimodem
Remove minimodem Configurations and Data
To remove minimodem configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge minimodem
Remove minimodem configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove minimodem configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minimodem
Dependencies
minimodem have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install minimodem package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.