How To Install radioclk on Debian 12

Learn how to install radioclk on Debian 12 with this tutorial. radioclk is simple ntp refclock daemon for MSF/WWVB/DCF77 time signals

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install radioclk on Debian 12.

What is radioclk

radioclk is:

radioclkd takes the demodulated time signals from simple MSF/WWVB/DCF77 time signal receivers on the control lines of a serial port, decodes the signals, and provides an interface to ntp via the shared memory refclock driver.

There are three methods to install radioclk on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install radioclk Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install radioclk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install radioclk

Install radioclk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install radioclk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install radioclk

Install radioclk 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 radioclk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install radioclk

How To Uninstall radioclk on Debian 12

To uninstall only the radioclk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove radioclk

Uninstall radioclk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall radioclk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove radioclk

Remove radioclk Configurations and Data

To remove radioclk configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge radioclk

Remove radioclk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove radioclk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge radioclk

Dependencies

radioclk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install radioclk package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.