How To Install rauc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rauc
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is rauc
rauc is:
Safe and secure software updates for embedded Linux
RAUC controls the update process on embedded Linux systems. It is both a target application that runs as an update client and a host/target tool that allows you to create, inspect and modify installation artifacts.
This package provides the rauc binary.
There are three methods to install rauc
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 rauc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rauc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rauc
Install rauc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rauc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rauc
Install rauc 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 rauc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rauc
How To Uninstall rauc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the rauc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rauc
Uninstall rauc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rauc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rauc
Remove rauc Configurations and Data
To remove rauc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rauc
Remove rauc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rauc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rauc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rauc
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.