How To Install purple-mm-sms 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 purple-mm-sms on Ubuntu.
What is purple-mm-sms
purple-mm-sms is:
Plugin for libpurple which adds the ability to communicate via SMS using ModemManager.
There are three methods to install purple-mm-sms 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 purple-mm-sms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install purple-mm-sms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install purple-mm-sms
Install purple-mm-sms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install purple-mm-sms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install purple-mm-sms
Install purple-mm-sms 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 purple-mm-sms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install purple-mm-sms
How To Uninstall purple-mm-sms on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the purple-mm-sms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove purple-mm-sms
Uninstall purple-mm-sms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall purple-mm-sms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove purple-mm-sms
Remove purple-mm-sms Configurations and Data
To remove purple-mm-sms configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge purple-mm-sms
Remove purple-mm-sms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove purple-mm-sms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge purple-mm-sms
Dependencies
purple-mm-sms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install purple-mm-sms package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.