How To Install mgetty on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgetty
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is mgetty
mgetty is:
Mgetty is a versatile program to handle all aspects of a modem under Unix.
The program ‘mgetty’ allows you to use a modem for handling external logins, receiving faxes and using the modem as a answering machine without interfering with outgoing calls.
This package includes basic modem data capabilities. Install mgetty-fax to get the additional functionality for fax. Install mgetty-voice to get the functionality to operate voice modems.
Mgetty is also configurable to select programs other than login for special connections (eg: uucico, fido or other programs) depending on the login userid. It also supports caller-id if the modem and phone line supply it, and can deny connections based on originating telephone number.
There are three methods to install mgetty
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 mgetty Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mgetty
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mgetty
Install mgetty Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mgetty
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mgetty
Install mgetty 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 mgetty
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mgetty
How To Uninstall mgetty on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the mgetty
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mgetty
Uninstall mgetty And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mgetty
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mgetty
Remove mgetty Configurations and Data
To remove mgetty
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mgetty
Remove mgetty configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mgetty
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mgetty
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgetty
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.