How To Install usbrelay on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbrelay
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is usbrelay
usbrelay is:
a small utility to control USB HID based relays that can be used for home automation or other switching needs. The devices are available from several sources and are able to handle up to 10A 250VAC.
An example application are USB controlable power switches. You may use such a switch to control the power supply of an external hard disk drive for backup purposes.
There are three methods to install usbrelay
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install usbrelay Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install usbrelay
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install usbrelay
Install usbrelay Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install usbrelay
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install usbrelay
Install usbrelay 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 usbrelay
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install usbrelay
How To Uninstall usbrelay on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the usbrelay
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove usbrelay
Uninstall usbrelay And Its Dependencies
To uninstall usbrelay
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove usbrelay
Remove usbrelay Configurations and Data
To remove usbrelay
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge usbrelay
Remove usbrelay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove usbrelay
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge usbrelay
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbrelay
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.