How To Install ratt on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ratt on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ratt
ratt is:
ratt (“Rebuild All The Things!”) operates on a Debian .changes file of a just-built package, identifies all reverse-build-dependencies and rebuilds them with the .debs from the .changes file.
The intended use-case is, for example, to package a new snapshot of a Go library and verify that the new version does not break any other Go libraries/binaries.
There are three methods to install ratt 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 ratt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ratt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ratt
Install ratt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ratt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ratt
Install ratt 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 ratt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ratt
How To Uninstall ratt on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ratt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ratt
Uninstall ratt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ratt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ratt
Remove ratt Configurations and Data
To remove ratt configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ratt
Remove ratt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ratt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ratt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ratt package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
