How To Install xgnokii on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xgnokii on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xgnokii
xgnokii is:
Gnokii is a suite of programs that allows communication with mobile phones. It currently supports many Nokia mobile phones, all AT capable ones as well as many Symbian based. For a list of compatible phones, please visit: http://wiki.gnokii.org
This package provides the X11 (xgnokii) interface.
There are three methods to install xgnokii 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 xgnokii Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xgnokii using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xgnokii
Install xgnokii Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xgnokii using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xgnokii
Install xgnokii 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 xgnokii using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xgnokii
How To Uninstall xgnokii on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xgnokii package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xgnokii
Uninstall xgnokii And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xgnokii and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xgnokii
Remove xgnokii Configurations and Data
To remove xgnokii configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xgnokii
Remove xgnokii configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xgnokii configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xgnokii
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xgnokii package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
