How To Install rbootd on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rbootd
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is rbootd
rbootd is:
The rbootd daemon is used for booting some HP workstations over the network (such as the 9000/300 and 9000/400 series). It can also boot PA RISC workstations. It handles the first stage of the boot sequence and can be used to start booting Linux, NetBSD or HPUX.
There are three methods to install rbootd
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 rbootd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rbootd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rbootd
Install rbootd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rbootd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rbootd
Install rbootd 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 rbootd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rbootd
How To Uninstall rbootd on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the rbootd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rbootd
Uninstall rbootd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rbootd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rbootd
Remove rbootd Configurations and Data
To remove rbootd
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rbootd
Remove rbootd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rbootd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rbootd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rbootd
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.