How To Install neard on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install neard on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is neard
neard is:
neard is a system-level daemon which manages NFC adapters.
neard can read and write NFC tags, and exchange data with other NFC peers. It supports:
- reading and writing of type 1, 2, 3 and 4 tags;
- exchanging data with NFC peers via SNEP (Simple NDEF Exchange Format);
- Bluetooth-NFC handover in both selector and requester modes.
There are three methods to install neard on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install neard Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install neard using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install neard
Install neard Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install neard using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install neard
Install neard 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 neard using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install neard
How To Uninstall neard on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the neard package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove neard
Uninstall neard And Its Dependencies
To uninstall neard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove neard
Remove neard Configurations and Data
To remove neard configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge neard
Remove neard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove neard configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge neard
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install neard package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
