How To Install rex on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rex on Debian 9.
What is rex
rex is:
Rex is a tool to ease the execution of commands on multiple remote servers. You can define small tasks, chain tasks to batches, link them with servers or server groups, and execute them easily in your terminal.
There are three methods to install rex on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rex
Install rex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rex
Install rex 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 rex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rex
How To Uninstall rex on Debian 9
To uninstall only the rex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rex
Uninstall rex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rex
Remove rex Configurations and Data
To remove rex configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rex
Remove rex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rex
Dependencies
rex have the following dependencies:
- libdbi-perl
- libdevel-caller-perl
- libdigest-hmac-perl
- libexpect-perl
- libhash-merge-perl
- libhttp-message-perl
- libio-pty-perl
- libio-string-perl
- libipc-shareable-perl
- libjson-xs-perl
- liblist-moreutils-perl
- liblwp-protocol-https-perl
- libnet-openssh-perl
- libnet-sftp-foreign-perl
- libnet-ssh2-perl
- libparallel-forkmanager-perl
- libsort-naturally-perl
- libstring-escape-perl
- libterm-readkey-perl
- libtext-glob-perl
- liburi-perl
- libwww-perl
- libxml-libxml-perl
- libxml-simple-perl
- libyaml-perl
- perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rex package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.