How To Install rsrce on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsrce on Ubuntu 18.04. rsrce is editor for Macintosh resource forks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsrce on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is rsrce

rsrce is:

Rsrce is an interactive, command-driven Macintosh resource editor. It aims at providing the functionality of the MacOS tool “resedit” on Unix-like systems.

This program hasn’t been tested much and should be considered unstable material. It has exclusively been created and used to change the configuration of miBoot files. Please use with care and report any experience.

There are three methods to install rsrce 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 rsrce Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rsrce

Install rsrce Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rsrce

Install rsrce 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 rsrce using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rsrce

How To Uninstall rsrce on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove rsrce

Uninstall rsrce And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rsrce

Remove rsrce Configurations and Data

To remove rsrce configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rsrce

Remove rsrce configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rsrce

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Summary

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