How To Install owftpd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install owftpd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is owftpd
owftpd 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.
FTP daemon providing access to 1-Wire networks.
There are three methods to install owftpd 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 owftpd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install owftpd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install owftpd
Install owftpd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install owftpd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install owftpd
Install owftpd 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 owftpd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install owftpd
How To Uninstall owftpd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the owftpd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove owftpd
Uninstall owftpd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall owftpd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove owftpd
Remove owftpd Configurations and Data
To remove owftpd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge owftpd
Remove owftpd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove owftpd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge owftpd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install owftpd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
