How To Install rsplib-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsplib-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rsplib-tools
rsplib-tools 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 some test tools for RSerPool setups.
There are three methods to install rsplib-tools 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-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rsplib-tools
Install rsplib-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rsplib-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rsplib-tools
Install rsplib-tools 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-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rsplib-tools
How To Uninstall rsplib-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rsplib-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rsplib-tools
Uninstall rsplib-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rsplib-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rsplib-tools
Remove rsplib-tools Configurations and Data
To remove rsplib-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rsplib-tools
Remove rsplib-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rsplib-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rsplib-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rsplib-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
