How To Install rsplib-legacy-wrappers on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsplib-legacy-wrappers on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rsplib-legacy-wrappers
rsplib-legacy-wrappers 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 provides legacy wrappers for rsplib-2.x scripts. The programs registrar, server and terminal have been renamed to rspregistrar, rspserver and rspterminal, respectively, in order to avoid naming conflicts.
There are three methods to install rsplib-legacy-wrappers 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-legacy-wrappers 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-legacy-wrappers using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rsplib-legacy-wrappers
Install rsplib-legacy-wrappers Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rsplib-legacy-wrappers using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rsplib-legacy-wrappers
Install rsplib-legacy-wrappers 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-legacy-wrappers using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rsplib-legacy-wrappers
How To Uninstall rsplib-legacy-wrappers on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rsplib-legacy-wrappers package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rsplib-legacy-wrappers
Uninstall rsplib-legacy-wrappers And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rsplib-legacy-wrappers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rsplib-legacy-wrappers
Remove rsplib-legacy-wrappers Configurations and Data
To remove rsplib-legacy-wrappers configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rsplib-legacy-wrappers
Remove rsplib-legacy-wrappers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rsplib-legacy-wrappers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rsplib-legacy-wrappers
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsplib-legacy-wrappers package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
