How To Install grsync on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grsync
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is grsync
grsync is:
grsync is a simple graphical interface using GTK2 for the rsync command line program. It currently supports only a limited set of the most important rsync features, but can be used effectively for local directory synchronization.
There are three methods to install grsync
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 grsync Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grsync
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grsync
Install grsync Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grsync
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grsync
Install grsync 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 grsync
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grsync
How To Uninstall grsync on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the grsync
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grsync
Uninstall grsync And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grsync
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grsync
Remove grsync Configurations and Data
To remove grsync
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grsync
Remove grsync configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grsync
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grsync
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grsync
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.