How To Install aurora on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aurora on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is aurora
aurora is:
This program will communicate over serial or USB connections to Aurora Photovoltaic Inverters. It can retrieve and process the statistics gathered by the inverter itself.
There are three methods to install aurora on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install aurora Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install aurora using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install aurora
Install aurora Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install aurora using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install aurora
Install aurora 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 aurora using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install aurora
How To Uninstall aurora on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the aurora package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove aurora
Uninstall aurora And Its Dependencies
To uninstall aurora and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove aurora
Remove aurora Configurations and Data
To remove aurora configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge aurora
Remove aurora configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove aurora configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aurora
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aurora package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.