How To Install d-rats on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install d-rats on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is d-rats
d-rats is:
D-RATS is a communications tool for D-STAR amateur radio low-speed data (DV mode). It provides: Multi-user chat capabilities; File transfers Structured data transport (forms); and Position tracking and mapping.
There are three methods to install d-rats 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 d-rats Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install d-rats using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install d-rats
Install d-rats Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install d-rats using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install d-rats
Install d-rats 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 d-rats using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install d-rats
How To Uninstall d-rats on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the d-rats package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove d-rats
Uninstall d-rats And Its Dependencies
To uninstall d-rats and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove d-rats
Remove d-rats Configurations and Data
To remove d-rats configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge d-rats
Remove d-rats configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove d-rats configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge d-rats
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install d-rats package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
