How To Install rex on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rex
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rex
Remove rex Configurations and Data
To remove rex
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rex
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.