How To Install bottlerocket on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bottlerocket on Ubuntu 20.04. bottlerocket is Utility to control X10 Firecracker devices for home automation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bottlerocket on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is bottlerocket

bottlerocket is:

A command-line utility to interact with the Firecracker version of X10’s home control devices (wireless home automation to control lights, cameras, appliances via a small transmitter that plugs into the standard RS-232 serial port of a computer).

Also included is rocket launcher, a graphical frontend to bottlerocket. If you want this functionality you should have wish (tk8.3 or tk8.4 - the Tcl/Tk interpreter) installed.

There are three methods to install bottlerocket on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bottlerocket Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bottlerocket using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bottlerocket

Install bottlerocket Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bottlerocket using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bottlerocket

Install bottlerocket 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 bottlerocket using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bottlerocket

How To Uninstall bottlerocket on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the bottlerocket package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bottlerocket

Uninstall bottlerocket And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bottlerocket and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bottlerocket

Remove bottlerocket Configurations and Data

To remove bottlerocket configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bottlerocket

Remove bottlerocket configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bottlerocket configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bottlerocket

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bottlerocket package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.