How To Install rwho on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rwho on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rwho
rwho is:
The rwho command produces output similar to who, but for all machines on the local network. If no report has been received from a machine for 11 minutes then rwho assumes the machine is down, and does not report users last known to be logged into that machine.
The ruptime command gives a status line like uptime for each machine on the local network; these are formed from packets broadcast by each host on the network once a minute.
There are three methods to install rwho 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 rwho Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rwho using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rwho
Install rwho Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rwho using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rwho
Install rwho 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 rwho using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rwho
How To Uninstall rwho on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rwho package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rwho
Uninstall rwho And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rwho and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rwho
Remove rwho Configurations and Data
To remove rwho configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rwho
Remove rwho configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rwho configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rwho
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rwho package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
