How To Install urfkill on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install urfkill on Debian 12.
What is urfkill
urfkill is:
The urfkill daemon allow managing the rfkill-related hotkeys and the killswitches in a more configurable way for the common RF devices (WiFi, Bluetooth, WWan…). It handles the various key codes (KEY_WLAN, KEY_BLUETOOTH, KEY_RFKILL…) and toggles the killswitches based on a pre-defined policy.
There are three methods to install urfkill 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 urfkill Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install urfkill using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install urfkill
Install urfkill Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install urfkill using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install urfkill
Install urfkill 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 urfkill using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install urfkill
How To Uninstall urfkill on Debian 12
To uninstall only the urfkill package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove urfkill
Uninstall urfkill And Its Dependencies
To uninstall urfkill and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove urfkill
Remove urfkill Configurations and Data
To remove urfkill configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge urfkill
Remove urfkill configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove urfkill configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge urfkill
Dependencies
urfkill have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libexpat1
- libglib2.0-0
- libpolkit-gobject-1-0
- libudev1
- libdbus-1-3
- libdbus-glib-1-2
- dbus
- libgudev-1.0-0
- default-logind
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install urfkill package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
