Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluetooth on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is bluetooth
bluetooth is:
This package provides all of the different plugins supported
by the Bluez bluetooth stack.
Package: bluetooth
Architecture: all
Version: 5.53-0ubuntu3.2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: bluez
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Bluetooth team [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Debian Bluetooth Maintainers [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 34
Depends: bluez
Suggests: bluez-cups, bluez-obexd
Filename: pool/universe/b/bluez/bluetooth_5.53-0ubuntu3.2_all.deb
Size: 3152
MD5sum: 2df9ce01ebd231331305776d51022c56
SHA1: 9a2bd012d37b9688ac3f5e47d38befec671641eb
SHA256: e174c0e79e7cfdd8a3a9cf17c595540a5b0a1fe41c3c1bfed9e20ed0b0577a65
SHA512: 38639a4e296240130d256f0d5cbcec7f44ef6252fa5670dee71d05ec0fbdc871fe6c3d9ff29f3836f69bfb8a69220aabee7d06e70fdf74da8fc9f8fb9a0d0a39
Homepage: http://www.bluez.org
Description-en: Bluetooth support
This package provides all of the different plugins supported
by the Bluez bluetooth stack.
Package: bluetooth
Architecture: all
Version: 5.53-0ubuntu3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: bluez
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Bluetooth team [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Debian Bluetooth Maintainers [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 34
Depends: bluez
Suggests: bluez-cups, bluez-obexd
Filename: pool/universe/b/bluez/bluetooth_5.53-0ubuntu3_all.deb
Size: 3148
MD5sum: 728b36286e2c8d4f4d6b51200b0eee3b
SHA1: d0828faf5a8fee8e3118837c249e2852506fb049
SHA256: a492a6b1157c5e8ff43d4bed4c703fb8084d205414f474c290eaa4975d1e92a2
Homepage: http://www.bluez.org
Description-en: Bluetooth support
This package provides all of the different plugins supported
by the Bluez bluetooth stack.
There are three methods to install bluetooth on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bluetooth Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bluetooth using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bluetooth
Install bluetooth Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bluetooth using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bluetooth
Install bluetooth 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 bluetooth using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bluetooth
How To Uninstall bluetooth on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the bluetooth package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bluetooth
Uninstall bluetooth And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bluetooth and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bluetooth
Remove bluetooth Configurations and Data
To remove bluetooth configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bluetooth
Remove bluetooth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bluetooth configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bluetooth
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluetooth package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
