How To Install ttyrec on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ttyrec on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ttyrec
ttyrec is:
This package includes “ttyrec”, a tty recorder which records terminal interaction, and “ttyplay”, the player to see that intereaction.
Ttyrec records your terminal input and output, like the “script” command, but additionally records timing information to allow playback at the original speed. It can record any console program, including screen-oriented programs such as those using curses.
There are three methods to install ttyrec 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 ttyrec Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ttyrec using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ttyrec
Install ttyrec Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ttyrec using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ttyrec
Install ttyrec 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 ttyrec using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ttyrec
How To Uninstall ttyrec on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ttyrec package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ttyrec
Uninstall ttyrec And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ttyrec and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ttyrec
Remove ttyrec Configurations and Data
To remove ttyrec configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ttyrec
Remove ttyrec configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ttyrec configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ttyrec
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ttyrec package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
