How To Install obex-data-server on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install obex-data-server on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is obex-data-server
obex-data-server is:
obex-data-server is a D-Bus service providing high-level OBEX client and server side functionality (currently supports OPP and FTP profiles and Bluetooth transport).
There are three methods to install obex-data-server 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 obex-data-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install obex-data-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install obex-data-server
Install obex-data-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install obex-data-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install obex-data-server
Install obex-data-server 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 obex-data-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install obex-data-server
How To Uninstall obex-data-server on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the obex-data-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove obex-data-server
Uninstall obex-data-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall obex-data-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove obex-data-server
Remove obex-data-server Configurations and Data
To remove obex-data-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge obex-data-server
Remove obex-data-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove obex-data-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge obex-data-server
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install obex-data-server package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
