How To Install mobile-broadband-provider-info on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mobile-broadband-provider-info
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mobile-broadband-provider-info
mobile-broadband-provider-info is:
This package contains a database of provider-specific settings of mobile broadband providers in different countries. Its functioning through Network Manager makes it easy for users to choose their mobile broadband service provider.
The database contains information relevant to mobile networks access point usage, such as APN (access point name), username, password, etc. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install mobile-broadband-provider-info
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 mobile-broadband-provider-info Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mobile-broadband-provider-info
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mobile-broadband-provider-info
Install mobile-broadband-provider-info Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mobile-broadband-provider-info
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mobile-broadband-provider-info
Install mobile-broadband-provider-info 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 mobile-broadband-provider-info
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mobile-broadband-provider-info
How To Uninstall mobile-broadband-provider-info on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mobile-broadband-provider-info
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mobile-broadband-provider-info
Uninstall mobile-broadband-provider-info And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mobile-broadband-provider-info
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mobile-broadband-provider-info
Remove mobile-broadband-provider-info Configurations and Data
To remove mobile-broadband-provider-info
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mobile-broadband-provider-info
Remove mobile-broadband-provider-info configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mobile-broadband-provider-info
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mobile-broadband-provider-info
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mobile-broadband-provider-info
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.