How To Install urfkill on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install urfkill
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove urfkill
Remove urfkill Configurations and Data
To remove urfkill
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install urfkill
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.