How To Install plptools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plptools
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is plptools
plptools is:
This package lets you access EPOC devices’ drives over a serial link. You can mount them, access them FTP-style, use a local printer from the remote device (EPOC32 only) and install applications from SIS files.
There are three methods to install plptools
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install plptools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plptools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plptools
Install plptools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plptools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plptools
Install plptools 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 plptools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plptools
How To Uninstall plptools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the plptools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plptools
Uninstall plptools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plptools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plptools
Remove plptools Configurations and Data
To remove plptools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plptools
Remove plptools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plptools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plptools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plptools
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.