How To Install telepathy-ring on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install telepathy-ring on Ubuntu 18.04. telepathy-ring is GSM and 3G UMTS Telepathy connection manager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install telepathy-ring on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is telepathy-ring

telepathy-ring is:

Telepathy-Ring a 3GPP (GSM and 3G UMTS) connection manager for Telepathy framework using oFono. It supports basic voice calls and short messages.

There are three methods to install telepathy-ring 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 telepathy-ring Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install telepathy-ring

Install telepathy-ring Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install telepathy-ring

Install telepathy-ring 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 telepathy-ring using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install telepathy-ring

How To Uninstall telepathy-ring on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the telepathy-ring package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove telepathy-ring

Uninstall telepathy-ring And Its Dependencies

To uninstall telepathy-ring and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove telepathy-ring

Remove telepathy-ring Configurations and Data

To remove telepathy-ring configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge telepathy-ring

Remove telepathy-ring configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge telepathy-ring

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install telepathy-ring package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.