How To Install syncplay-server on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install syncplay-server
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is syncplay-server
syncplay-server is:
To learn what Syncplay is read the description of package ‘syncplay’.
This package installs the Syncplay server program. Install this package when you plan to set up your own Syncplay server that your friends and family connect to.
Note that the computer that runs the Syncplay server must be reachable from the Internet. To enable encryption, you need a domain and a valid certificate. The package provides a hook script for the recommended certbot package to simplify encrypted configurations. Integration with the suggested packages dehydrated or acme-tiny requires manual configuration.
There are three methods to install syncplay-server
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install syncplay-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install syncplay-server
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install syncplay-server
Install syncplay-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install syncplay-server
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install syncplay-server
Install syncplay-server 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 syncplay-server
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install syncplay-server
How To Uninstall syncplay-server on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the syncplay-server
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove syncplay-server
Uninstall syncplay-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall syncplay-server
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove syncplay-server
Remove syncplay-server Configurations and Data
To remove syncplay-server
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge syncplay-server
Remove syncplay-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove syncplay-server
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge syncplay-server
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install syncplay-server
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.