How To Install rig on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rig on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rig
rig is:
RIG (Random Identity Generator) is a free replacement for a shareware program out there called ‘fake’. It generates random, yet real-looking, personal data. It is useful if you need to feed a name to a Web site, BBS, or real person, and are too lazy to think of one yourself. Also, if the Web site/BBS/person you are giving the information to tries to cross-check the city, state, zip, or area code, it will check out.
There are three methods to install rig 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 rig Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rig using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rig
Install rig Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rig using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rig
Install rig 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 rig using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rig
How To Uninstall rig on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rig package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rig
Uninstall rig And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rig and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rig
Remove rig Configurations and Data
To remove rig configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rig
Remove rig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rig configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rig
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rig package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
