How To Install grokmirror on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grokmirror
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is grokmirror
grokmirror is:
grokmirror mirrors large git repository collections efficiently. It uses a manifest file published by a master mirror in order to figure out which repositories to clone and to track which repositories require updating. The process is extremely lightweight and efficient for both the master and its mirrors.
There are three methods to install grokmirror
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 grokmirror Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grokmirror
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grokmirror
Install grokmirror Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grokmirror
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grokmirror
Install grokmirror 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 grokmirror
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grokmirror
How To Uninstall grokmirror on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the grokmirror
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grokmirror
Uninstall grokmirror And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grokmirror
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grokmirror
Remove grokmirror Configurations and Data
To remove grokmirror
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grokmirror
Remove grokmirror configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grokmirror
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grokmirror
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grokmirror
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.