How To Install smstrade_balance 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 python3-smstrade

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

What is smstrade_balance 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 smstrade_balance 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 smstrade_balance 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 smstrade_balance using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-smstrade

Install smstrade_balance using apt

Because smstrade_balance 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 smstrade_balance using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-smstrade

Install smstrade_balance 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 smstrade_balance by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-smstrade

How to upgrade (update) a single package smstrade_balance 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 smstrade_balance, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install python3-smstrade

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 python3-smstrade

How To Uninstall smstrade_balance from Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the smstrade_balance package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-smstrade

Uninstall smstrade_balance and all its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-smstrade

Remove smstrade_balance with all configurations and data

To remove smstrade_balance configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-smstrade

Remove smstrade_balance completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-smstrade

Extra info and code examples

python-smstrade lets you send SMS via and retrieve your account balance from the service of smstrade.eu. The package comes with two command line utilities smstrade_send and smstrade_balance to access the library functionality from the command line. The package may be used for alerting in monitoring applications or other scenarios where sending SMS might be useful. This is the Python 3 version of the package.

Conclusion

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

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