How To Install modem-manager-gui on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install modem-manager-gui on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is modem-manager-gui
modem-manager-gui is:
This program is a simple graphical interface for ModemManager, Wader and oFono daemon D-Bus interfaces. It can send, receive and store SMS messages, send USSD requests and read answers in GSM7 and UCS2 formats, and scan for available mobile networks.
There are three methods to install modem-manager-gui 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 modem-manager-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install modem-manager-gui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install modem-manager-gui
Install modem-manager-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install modem-manager-gui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install modem-manager-gui
Install modem-manager-gui 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 modem-manager-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install modem-manager-gui
How To Uninstall modem-manager-gui on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the modem-manager-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove modem-manager-gui
Uninstall modem-manager-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall modem-manager-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove modem-manager-gui
Remove modem-manager-gui Configurations and Data
To remove modem-manager-gui configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge modem-manager-gui
Remove modem-manager-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove modem-manager-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge modem-manager-gui
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install modem-manager-gui package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.