How To Install flamethrower on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flamethrower
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is flamethrower
flamethrower is:
Flamethrower is intended to be an easy to use multicast file distribution system. It was created to add multicast install capabilities to SystemImager, but was designed to be fully functional as a stand-alone package.
Notable characteristics:
- Works with entire directory hierarchies of files, not just single files.
- Uses a server configuration file that takes module entries that are similar to those used by rsyncd.conf.
- Flamethrower is an on-demand system. The multicast of a module is initiated when a client connects, but waits MIN_WAIT (conf file) for other clients to connect. If other clients try to connect after a cast has been initiated, they simply wait until that cast has finished, and catch the next one when it begins.
- The udpcast package is used as the multicast transport, and offers a gob and a half of tuning parameters.
There are three methods to install flamethrower
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 flamethrower Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install flamethrower
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flamethrower
Install flamethrower Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flamethrower
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flamethrower
Install flamethrower 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 flamethrower
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flamethrower
How To Uninstall flamethrower on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the flamethrower
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flamethrower
Uninstall flamethrower And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flamethrower
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flamethrower
Remove flamethrower Configurations and Data
To remove flamethrower
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flamethrower
Remove flamethrower configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flamethrower
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flamethrower
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flamethrower
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.