How To Install openzwave on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openzwave
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is openzwave
openzwave is:
OpenZWave is an open-source, cross-platform library designed to enable anyone to add support for Z-Wave home-automation devices to their applications, without requiring any in depth knowledge of the Z-Wave protocol.
There are three methods to install openzwave
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 openzwave Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openzwave
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openzwave
Install openzwave Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openzwave
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openzwave
Install openzwave 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 openzwave
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openzwave
How To Uninstall openzwave on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the openzwave
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openzwave
Uninstall openzwave And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openzwave
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openzwave
Remove openzwave Configurations and Data
To remove openzwave
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openzwave
Remove openzwave configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openzwave
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openzwave
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openzwave
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.