How To Install ofono-scripts on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ofono-scripts
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ofono-scripts
ofono-scripts is:
oFono is a stack for mobile telephony devices on Linux. oFono supports speaking to telephony devices through specific drivers, or with generic AT commands.
oFono also includes a low-level plug-in API for integrating with other telephony stacks, cellular modems and storage back-ends. The plug-in API functionality is modeled on public standards, in particular 3GPP TS 27.007 “AT command set for User Equipment (UE).”
This package includes test and maintenance scripts.
There are three methods to install ofono-scripts
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 ofono-scripts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ofono-scripts
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ofono-scripts
Install ofono-scripts Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ofono-scripts
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ofono-scripts
Install ofono-scripts 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 ofono-scripts
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ofono-scripts
How To Uninstall ofono-scripts on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ofono-scripts
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ofono-scripts
Uninstall ofono-scripts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ofono-scripts
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ofono-scripts
Remove ofono-scripts Configurations and Data
To remove ofono-scripts
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ofono-scripts
Remove ofono-scripts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ofono-scripts
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ofono-scripts
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ofono-scripts
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.