How To Install sbrsh on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install sbrsh on Ubuntu 18.04. sbrsh is Scratchbox Remote Shell client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sbrsh on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is sbrsh

sbrsh is:

sbrsh requests a sbrshd host to mount a nfs partition, and executes a binary on it. This used to provide cpu transparency for cross-compiling with scratchbox.

http://scratchbox.org/

There are three methods to install sbrsh 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 sbrsh Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sbrsh

Install sbrsh Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sbrsh using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sbrsh

Install sbrsh 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 sbrsh using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sbrsh

How To Uninstall sbrsh on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the sbrsh package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sbrsh

Uninstall sbrsh And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sbrsh

Remove sbrsh Configurations and Data

To remove sbrsh configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sbrsh

Remove sbrsh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sbrsh

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Summary

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