How To Install polyorb-servers on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install polyorb-servers on Ubuntu 18.04. polyorb-servers is Multiple-personality middleware for Ada (servers)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install polyorb-servers on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is polyorb-servers

polyorb-servers is:

PolyORB provides a uniform solution to build distributed applications; relying either on industrial-strength middleware standards such as CORBA, the Distributed System Annex of Ada 95, distribution programming paradigms such as Web Services, Message Oriented Middleware (MOM), or to implement application-specific middleware.

This package provides various middleware servers needed to run a distributed application and tools to interact with these servers.

There are three methods to install polyorb-servers on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install polyorb-servers Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install polyorb-servers using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install polyorb-servers

Install polyorb-servers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install polyorb-servers using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install polyorb-servers

Install polyorb-servers 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 polyorb-servers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install polyorb-servers

How To Uninstall polyorb-servers on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the polyorb-servers package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove polyorb-servers

Uninstall polyorb-servers And Its Dependencies

To uninstall polyorb-servers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove polyorb-servers

Remove polyorb-servers Configurations and Data

To remove polyorb-servers configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge polyorb-servers

Remove polyorb-servers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove polyorb-servers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge polyorb-servers

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install polyorb-servers package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.