How To Install python-libhamlib2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libhamlib2
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-libhamlib2
python-libhamlib2 is:
Most recent amateur radio transceivers allow external control of their functions through a computer interface. Unfortunately, control commands are not always consistent across a manufacturer’s product line and each manufacturer’s product line differs greatly from its competitors.
This library addresses that issue by providing a standardised programming interface that applications can talk to and translating that into the appropriate commands required by the radio in use.
This package provides the Python bindings of the library.
There are three methods to install python-libhamlib2
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 python-libhamlib2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libhamlib2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libhamlib2
Install python-libhamlib2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libhamlib2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libhamlib2
Install python-libhamlib2 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 python-libhamlib2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libhamlib2
How To Uninstall python-libhamlib2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-libhamlib2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libhamlib2
Uninstall python-libhamlib2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libhamlib2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libhamlib2
Remove python-libhamlib2 Configurations and Data
To remove python-libhamlib2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libhamlib2
Remove python-libhamlib2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libhamlib2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libhamlib2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libhamlib2
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.