How To Install remotetea on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install remotetea on Ubuntu 18.04. remotetea is Sun ONC/RPC support for Java

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install remotetea on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is remotetea

remotetea is:

This package implements Sun’s Open Network Computing Remote Procedure Call specification (see RFC 1831, RFC 1832, RFC 1833) in pure Java.

It supports:

  • RPC calls over TCP/IP as well as UDP/IP;
  • both client and server functionality;
  • portmapper querying;
  • authentication types AUTH_NONE, AUTH_UNIX, and AUTH_SHORT (on both client and server sides).

The utility jrpcgen is provided to compile .x files into Java classes.

There are three methods to install remotetea 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 remotetea Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install remotetea using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install remotetea

Install remotetea Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install remotetea using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install remotetea

Install remotetea 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 remotetea using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install remotetea

How To Uninstall remotetea on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the remotetea package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove remotetea

Uninstall remotetea And Its Dependencies

To uninstall remotetea and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove remotetea

Remove remotetea Configurations and Data

To remove remotetea configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge remotetea

Remove remotetea configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove remotetea configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge remotetea

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install remotetea package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.