How To Install cwdaemon on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cwdaemon on Ubuntu 22.04. cwdaemon is morse daemon for the parallel or serial port

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cwdaemon on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cwdaemon

cwdaemon is:

Cwdaemon is a small daemon which uses the pc parallel or serial port and a simple transistor switch to output morse code to a transmitter from a text message sent to it via the udp internet protocol.

There are three methods to install cwdaemon 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 cwdaemon Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cwdaemon using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cwdaemon

Install cwdaemon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cwdaemon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cwdaemon

Install cwdaemon 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 cwdaemon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cwdaemon

How To Uninstall cwdaemon on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the cwdaemon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cwdaemon

Uninstall cwdaemon And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cwdaemon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cwdaemon

Remove cwdaemon Configurations and Data

To remove cwdaemon configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cwdaemon

Remove cwdaemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cwdaemon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cwdaemon

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cwdaemon package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.