How To Install pigpio-tools on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pigpio-tools on Debian 10.
What is pigpio-tools
pigpio-tools is:
Pigpio is a set of software which allows control of the General Purpose Input Outputs (GPIO) locally or remotely. Currently only the client side is Packaged in Debian as the server side is incompatible with Debian kernels.
This package provides the pigs and pig2vcd tools.
There are three methods to install pigpio-tools on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pigpio-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pigpio-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pigpio-tools
Install pigpio-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pigpio-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pigpio-tools
Install pigpio-tools 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 pigpio-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pigpio-tools
How To Uninstall pigpio-tools on Debian 10
To uninstall only the pigpio-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pigpio-tools
Uninstall pigpio-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pigpio-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pigpio-tools
Remove pigpio-tools Configurations and Data
To remove pigpio-tools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pigpio-tools
Remove pigpio-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pigpio-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pigpio-tools
Dependencies
pigpio-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pigpio-tools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.