How To Install remrun on Debian 12

Learn how to install remrun on Debian 12 with this tutorial. remrun is copy a file to a remote host and execute it there

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install remrun on Debian 12.

What is remrun

remrun is:

The remrun tool may be useful for one-off execution of a series of commands or a complicated command that does not easily lend itself to shell quoting and escaping via SSH. It copies the specified file to the remote host using SSH under a temporary filename, executes it on the remote side, then removes the temporary file.

There are three methods to install remrun on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install remrun Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install remrun

Install remrun Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install remrun using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install remrun

Install remrun 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install remrun using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install remrun

How To Uninstall remrun on Debian 12

To uninstall only the remrun package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove remrun

Uninstall remrun And Its Dependencies

To uninstall remrun and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove remrun

Remove remrun Configurations and Data

To remove remrun configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge remrun

Remove remrun configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge remrun

Dependencies

remrun have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install remrun package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.