How To Install miio-tools on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 375 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install miio-tools on Ubuntu.
What is miio-tools
miio-tools is:
This tool allows one to interface with devices using Xiaomi’s miIO protocol.
- miceil (command Xiaomi Philips LED Ceiling Lamp)
- mieye (command Xiaomi Philips Eyecare Smart Lamp 2)
- miiocli (command various appliances)
- miio-extract-tokens (Reads device information out from an sqlite3 DB)
- miplug (command Xiaomi Smart Plug)
- mirobo (command Xiaomi Vacuum robot)
There are three methods to install miio-tools on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install miio-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install miio-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install miio-tools
Install miio-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install miio-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install miio-tools
Install miio-tools 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 miio-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install miio-tools
How To Uninstall miio-tools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the miio-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove miio-tools
Uninstall miio-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall miio-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove miio-tools
Remove miio-tools Configurations and Data
To remove miio-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge miio-tools
Remove miio-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove miio-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge miio-tools
Dependencies
miio-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install miio-tools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.