How To Install osmo-bts-trx on Ubuntu 22.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install osmo-bts

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is osmo-bts-trx and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 22.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 22.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install osmo-bts-trx on Ubuntu 22.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install osmo-bts-trx using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install osmo-bts-trx using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install osmo-bts

Install osmo-bts-trx using apt

Because osmo-bts-trx is available in Ubuntu 22.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install osmo-bts-trx using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install osmo-bts

Install osmo-bts-trx 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 22.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install osmo-bts-trx by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install osmo-bts

How to upgrade (update) a single package osmo-bts-trx using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the osmo-bts-trx, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install osmo-bts

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install osmo-bts

How To Uninstall osmo-bts-trx from Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the osmo-bts-trx package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove osmo-bts

Uninstall osmo-bts-trx and all its dependencies

To uninstall osmo-bts-trx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove osmo-bts

Remove osmo-bts-trx with all configurations and data

To remove osmo-bts-trx configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge osmo-bts

Remove osmo-bts-trx completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to osmo-bts-trx package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

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

Extra info and code examples

OsmoBTS is a software implementation of Layer2/3 of a BTS. It implements the following protocols/interfaces: LAPDm (GSM 04.06) RTP A-bis/IP in IPA multiplex OML (GSM TS 12.21) RSL (GSM TS 08.58) OsmoBTS is modular and has support for multiple back-ends. A back-end talks to a specific L1/PHY implementation of the respective BTS hardware. Based on this architecture, it should be relatively easy to add a new back-end to support so-far unsupported GSM PHY/L1 and associated hardware.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install osmo-bts-trx using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the osmo-bts-trx from Ubuntu 22.04.

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