How To Install digitemp on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install digitemp
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is digitemp
digitemp is:
Digitemp is a program that reads data coming from a 1-Wire network using a passive adapter (DS9097) or the newer active adapter (DS9097U), connected to a serial port. It also supports reading from USB adaptors like the DS2490. Basically it reads temperature sensors, but others are supported, like a humidity sensor.
Digitemp also supports branched networks using DS2409 couplers.
There are three methods to install digitemp
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 digitemp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install digitemp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install digitemp
Install digitemp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install digitemp
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install digitemp
Install digitemp 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 digitemp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install digitemp
How To Uninstall digitemp on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the digitemp
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove digitemp
Uninstall digitemp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall digitemp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove digitemp
Remove digitemp Configurations and Data
To remove digitemp
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge digitemp
Remove digitemp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove digitemp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge digitemp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install digitemp
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.