How To Install osmocom-gbproxy on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install osmocom-gbproxy on Debian 9. osmocom-gbproxy is Osmocom GPRS Gb Interface Proxy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install osmocom-gbproxy on Debian 9.

What is osmocom-gbproxy

osmocom-gbproxy is:

The purpose of the Gb proxy is to aggregate the Gb links of multiple BSS’s and present them in one Gb link to the SGSN.

This package is part of OpenBSC and closely related to osmocom-sgsn.

There are three methods to install osmocom-gbproxy on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install osmocom-gbproxy Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install osmocom-gbproxy using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install osmocom-gbproxy

Install osmocom-gbproxy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install osmocom-gbproxy using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install osmocom-gbproxy

Install osmocom-gbproxy 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install osmocom-gbproxy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install osmocom-gbproxy

How To Uninstall osmocom-gbproxy on Debian 9

To uninstall only the osmocom-gbproxy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove osmocom-gbproxy

Uninstall osmocom-gbproxy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall osmocom-gbproxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove osmocom-gbproxy

Remove osmocom-gbproxy Configurations and Data

To remove osmocom-gbproxy configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge osmocom-gbproxy

Remove osmocom-gbproxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove osmocom-gbproxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osmocom-gbproxy

Dependencies

osmocom-gbproxy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install osmocom-gbproxy package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.