How To Install ow-shell on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ow-shell on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ow-shell
ow-shell is:
The 1-Wire bus is a cheap low-speed bus for devices like weather sensors, access control, etc. It can be attached to your system via serial, USB, I2C, and other interfaces.
This package has several command line programs to talk to an owserver. Included programs are :
- owdir: list 1-wire devices or properties
- owread: read 1-wire value
- owget: combines owdir and owread
- owwrite: set a 1-wire value
- owexist: check if a 1-wire server is reachable
- owpresent: check if a 1-wire device is connected
There are three methods to install ow-shell 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 ow-shell Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ow-shell using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ow-shell
Install ow-shell Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ow-shell using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ow-shell
Install ow-shell 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 ow-shell using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ow-shell
How To Uninstall ow-shell on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ow-shell package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ow-shell
Uninstall ow-shell And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ow-shell and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ow-shell
Remove ow-shell Configurations and Data
To remove ow-shell configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ow-shell
Remove ow-shell configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ow-shell configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ow-shell
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ow-shell package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
