How To Install sitecopy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sitecopy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sitecopy
sitecopy is:
Sitecopy is for copying locally stored websites to remote servers. With a single command, the program will synchronize a set of local files to a remote server by performing uploads and remote deletes as required. The aim is to remove the hassle of uploading and deleting individual files using an FTP client. Sitecopy will also optionally try to spot files you move locally, and move them remotely.
Sitecopy is designed to not care about what is actually on the remote server - it simply keeps a record of what it THINKS is in on the remote server, and works from that.
There are three methods to install sitecopy 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 sitecopy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sitecopy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sitecopy
Install sitecopy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sitecopy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sitecopy
Install sitecopy 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 sitecopy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sitecopy
How To Uninstall sitecopy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sitecopy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sitecopy
Uninstall sitecopy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sitecopy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sitecopy
Remove sitecopy Configurations and Data
To remove sitecopy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sitecopy
Remove sitecopy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sitecopy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sitecopy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sitecopy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
