How To Install rgpiod 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 rgpiod on Ubuntu.
What is rgpiod
rgpiod is:
The rgpiod daemon provides remote control of the GPIO pins of the local computer via TCP sockets. It includes facilities for software PWM, callbacks on level change, I2C, SPI, and UART wrappers. It also provides file handling, script and network facilities.
This package contains the rgpiod daemon itself.
There are three methods to install rgpiod 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 rgpiod Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rgpiod using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rgpiod
Install rgpiod Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rgpiod using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rgpiod
Install rgpiod 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 rgpiod using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rgpiod
How To Uninstall rgpiod on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the rgpiod package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rgpiod
Uninstall rgpiod And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rgpiod and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rgpiod
Remove rgpiod Configurations and Data
To remove rgpiod configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rgpiod
Remove rgpiod configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rgpiod configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rgpiod
Dependencies
rgpiod have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rgpiod package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.