How To Install rsplib-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsplib-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. rsplib-dbg is Debug symbols of the RSerPool programs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rsplib-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is rsplib-dbg

rsplib-dbg is:

Reliable Server Pooling (RSerPool) is the IETF’s standard (RFC 5351 to RFC 5356) for a lightweight server pool and session management framework. It provides highly available pool management (that is registration handling and load distribution/balancing) by components called Registrar and a client-side/server-side API for accessing the service of a pool.

This package contains the debug symbols of the rsplib package.

There are three methods to install rsplib-dbg 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 rsplib-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rsplib-dbg

Install rsplib-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rsplib-dbg

Install rsplib-dbg 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 rsplib-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rsplib-dbg

How To Uninstall rsplib-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the rsplib-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rsplib-dbg

Uninstall rsplib-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rsplib-dbg

Remove rsplib-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove rsplib-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rsplib-dbg

Remove rsplib-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rsplib-dbg

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Summary

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