How To Install plptools 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 plptools on Ubuntu.
What is plptools
plptools is:
This package lets you access EPOC devices’ drives over a serial link. You can mount them, access them FTP-style, use a local printer from the remote device (EPOC32 only) and install applications from SIS files.
There are three methods to install plptools 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 plptools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plptools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plptools
Install plptools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plptools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plptools
Install plptools 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 plptools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plptools
How To Uninstall plptools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the plptools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plptools
Uninstall plptools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plptools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plptools
Remove plptools Configurations and Data
To remove plptools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plptools
Remove plptools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plptools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plptools
Dependencies
plptools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plptools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.