How To Install osmo-hnbgw on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install osmo-hnbgw on Ubuntu.

What is `osmo-hnbgw`

osmo-hnbgw is:

An Open Source implenentation of a HNB-GW (HomeNodeB-Gateway), implementing the Iuh, IuCS and IuPS interfaces. It aggregates the Iuh links from femtocells (hNodeBs) and presents them as regular IuCS and IuPS towards MSC and SGSN (such as OsmoMSC and OsmoSGSN). It uses M3UA as signaling transport.

There are three methods to install osmo-hnbgw 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 osmo-hnbgw Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install osmo-hnbgw

Install osmo-hnbgw Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install osmo-hnbgw

Install osmo-hnbgw 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 osmo-hnbgw using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install osmo-hnbgw

How To Uninstall osmo-hnbgw on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the osmo-hnbgw package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove osmo-hnbgw

Uninstall osmo-hnbgw And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove osmo-hnbgw

Remove osmo-hnbgw Configurations and Data

To remove osmo-hnbgw configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge osmo-hnbgw

Remove osmo-hnbgw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osmo-hnbgw

Dependencies

osmo-hnbgw have the following dependencies:

References

osmo-hnbgw website

Summary

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