How To Install osmo-bts on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install osmo-bts on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is osmo-bts
osmo-bts is:
OsmoBTS is a software implementation of Layer2/3 of a BTS. It implements the following protocols/interfaces: LAPDm (GSM 04.06) RTP A-bis/IP in IPA multiplex OML (GSM TS 12.21) RSL (GSM TS 08.58)
OsmoBTS is modular and has support for multiple back-ends. A back-end talks to a specific L1/PHY implementation of the respective BTS hardware. Based on this architecture, it should be relatively easy to add a new back-end to support so-far unsupported GSM PHY/L1 and associated hardware.
There are three methods to install osmo-bts 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 osmo-bts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install osmo-bts using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install osmo-bts
Install osmo-bts Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install osmo-bts using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install osmo-bts
Install osmo-bts 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 osmo-bts using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install osmo-bts
How To Uninstall osmo-bts on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the osmo-bts package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove osmo-bts
Uninstall osmo-bts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall osmo-bts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove osmo-bts
Remove osmo-bts Configurations and Data
To remove osmo-bts configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge osmo-bts
Remove osmo-bts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove osmo-bts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osmo-bts
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install osmo-bts package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
