How To Install wrapsrv on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wrapsrv on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wrapsrv
wrapsrv is:
wrapsrv adds support for connecting to a network service based on DNS SRV record lookups to commands that do not support the DNS SRV record. wrapsrv implements the weighted priority client connection algorithm in RFC 2782. The specified command line will be invoked one or more times with %h and %p sequences in the command line substituted for the hostname and port elements of the selected SRV record.
There are three methods to install wrapsrv 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 wrapsrv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wrapsrv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wrapsrv
Install wrapsrv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wrapsrv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wrapsrv
Install wrapsrv 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 wrapsrv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wrapsrv
How To Uninstall wrapsrv on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wrapsrv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wrapsrv
Uninstall wrapsrv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wrapsrv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wrapsrv
Remove wrapsrv Configurations and Data
To remove wrapsrv configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wrapsrv
Remove wrapsrv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wrapsrv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wrapsrv
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wrapsrv package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
