How To Install apt-dater-host on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-dater-host on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is apt-dater-host
apt-dater-host is:
apt-dater provides an easy to use ncurses frontend for managing package updates on a large number of remote hosts using SSH. It supports Debian-based managed hosts as well as openSUSE and CentOS based systems.
This package provides the helper application for apt-dater. It has to be installed on every apt-dater managed host.
There are three methods to install apt-dater-host 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 apt-dater-host Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-dater-host using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apt-dater-host
Install apt-dater-host Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-dater-host using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apt-dater-host
Install apt-dater-host 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 apt-dater-host using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apt-dater-host
How To Uninstall apt-dater-host on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the apt-dater-host package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apt-dater-host
Uninstall apt-dater-host And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apt-dater-host and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apt-dater-host
Remove apt-dater-host Configurations and Data
To remove apt-dater-host configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apt-dater-host
Remove apt-dater-host configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apt-dater-host configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apt-dater-host
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-dater-host package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
