How To Install multimon-ng on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install multimon-ng
on Debian 12.
What is multimon-ng
multimon-ng is:
The successor to multimon, with support for more modes and improved compatibility with moderns systems. It decodes the following digital transmission modes commonly found on VHF/UHF bands:
POCSAG512 POCSAG1200 POCSAG2400 FLEX EAS UFSK1200 CLIPFSK AFSK1200 AFSK2400 AFSK2400_2 AFSK2400_3 HAPN4800 FSK9600 DTMF ZVEI1 ZVEI2 ZVEI3 DZVEI PZVEI EEA EIA CCIR MORSE CW X10
Multiple decoders can run concurrently on the same signal, which is provided via a file or a pipe. Common setups are: a radio connected via a sound card (may require modifications to the radio); samples provided via a GNU Radio sink or the UDP audio stream in gqrx (via netcat and sox).
There are three methods to install multimon-ng
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install multimon-ng Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install multimon-ng
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install multimon-ng
Install multimon-ng Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install multimon-ng
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install multimon-ng
Install multimon-ng 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 multimon-ng
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install multimon-ng
How To Uninstall multimon-ng on Debian 12
To uninstall only the multimon-ng
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove multimon-ng
Uninstall multimon-ng And Its Dependencies
To uninstall multimon-ng
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove multimon-ng
Remove multimon-ng Configurations and Data
To remove multimon-ng
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge multimon-ng
Remove multimon-ng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove multimon-ng
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multimon-ng
Dependencies
multimon-ng have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install multimon-ng
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.