How To Install pppdcapiplugin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pppdcapiplugin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pppdcapiplugin
pppdcapiplugin is:
Some ISDN cards can be used by CAPI utilities - for instance the AVM passive cards. This package provides a plug-in for the regular PPP daemon to drive such cards via CAPI.
There are three methods to install pppdcapiplugin 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 pppdcapiplugin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pppdcapiplugin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pppdcapiplugin
Install pppdcapiplugin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pppdcapiplugin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pppdcapiplugin
Install pppdcapiplugin 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 pppdcapiplugin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pppdcapiplugin
How To Uninstall pppdcapiplugin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pppdcapiplugin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pppdcapiplugin
Uninstall pppdcapiplugin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pppdcapiplugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pppdcapiplugin
Remove pppdcapiplugin Configurations and Data
To remove pppdcapiplugin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pppdcapiplugin
Remove pppdcapiplugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pppdcapiplugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pppdcapiplugin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pppdcapiplugin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
