How To Install rdate on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rdate on Debian 10.
What is rdate
rdate is:
rdate displays and sets the local date and time from the host name or address given as the argument. The time source may be an RFC 868 TCP protocol server, which is usually implemented as a built-in service of inetd(8), or an RFC 2030 protocol SNTP/NTP server. By default, rdate uses the RFC 868 TCP protocol.
There are three methods to install rdate on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rdate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rdate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rdate
Install rdate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rdate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rdate
Install rdate 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install rdate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rdate
How To Uninstall rdate on Debian 10
To uninstall only the rdate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rdate
Uninstall rdate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rdate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rdate
Remove rdate Configurations and Data
To remove rdate configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rdate
Remove rdate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rdate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rdate
Dependencies
rdate have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rdate package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.