How to Install and Uninstall modem-cmd Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "modem-cmd" package

This tutorial shows how to install modem-cmd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install modem-cmd

2. Uninstall "modem-cmd" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall modem-cmd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove modem-cmd $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the modem-cmd package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: modem-cmd
Priority: extra
Section: universe/comm
Installed-Size: 49
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Khalid El Fathi
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.0.2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8)
Filename: pool/universe/m/modem-cmd/modem-cmd_0.0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 5326
MD5sum: 1237908a053f5d4a200f18e468fb694c
SHA1: 004767851619c774039e1df4d7dcff3160218d15
SHA256: a2918af3bdc7fcde8a9b52398f6df63adc7f70ab3c71fd9b8adeed48cdc177d0
Description-en: send arbitrary AT commands to your modem
modem-cmd can be used to send arbitrary AT commands to a modem device over
a serial line.
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This means it can be used as a phone dialer:
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$ modem-cmd /dev/ttyUSB0 ATDT123456
Description-md5: ae1ef5394f9d9a13be978201f46931a7
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu