How To Install sympathy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sympathy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sympathy
sympathy is:
sympathy is a system for logging and providing access to serial (RS232) ports; typically, multiple serial ports on a single server (aka, a serial concentrator).
sympathy can function as a replacement for screen(1), minicom(1) and consolidate(1).
There are three methods to install sympathy 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 sympathy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sympathy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sympathy
Install sympathy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sympathy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sympathy
Install sympathy 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 sympathy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sympathy
How To Uninstall sympathy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sympathy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sympathy
Uninstall sympathy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sympathy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sympathy
Remove sympathy Configurations and Data
To remove sympathy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sympathy
Remove sympathy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sympathy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sympathy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sympathy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
