How To Install scantool on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scantool
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is scantool
scantool is:
Scanning tool that communicates with OBD-II serial port devices, used for vehicle diagnostics. Requires a serial to CAN bus device specific to the OBD-II port for a given model vehicle.
There are three methods to install scantool
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 scantool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scantool
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scantool
Install scantool Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scantool
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scantool
Install scantool 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 scantool
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scantool
How To Uninstall scantool on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the scantool
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scantool
Uninstall scantool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scantool
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scantool
Remove scantool Configurations and Data
To remove scantool
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scantool
Remove scantool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scantool
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scantool
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scantool
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.