How To Install rutilt on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rutilt on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rutilt
rutilt is:
RutilT is a Gtk+2 utility for Linux that helps you configure your wireless devices. Although primarily written for the rt2x00 project, it supports any Linux wireless extensions compliant kernel module.
There are three methods to install rutilt 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 rutilt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rutilt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rutilt
Install rutilt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rutilt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rutilt
Install rutilt 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 rutilt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rutilt
How To Uninstall rutilt on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rutilt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rutilt
Uninstall rutilt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rutilt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rutilt
Remove rutilt Configurations and Data
To remove rutilt configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rutilt
Remove rutilt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rutilt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rutilt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rutilt package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.