How To Install bluez-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is bluez-dbg
bluez-dbg is:
This package contains tools and system daemons for using Bluetooth devices.
BlueZ is the official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack. It is an Open Source project distributed under GNU General Public License (GPL).
This package contains the debugging symbols.
There are three methods to install bluez-dbg 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 bluez-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bluez-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bluez-dbg
Install bluez-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bluez-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bluez-dbg
Install bluez-dbg 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 bluez-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bluez-dbg
How To Uninstall bluez-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the bluez-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bluez-dbg
Uninstall bluez-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bluez-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bluez-dbg
Remove bluez-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove bluez-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bluez-dbg
Remove bluez-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bluez-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bluez-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
