How To Install syncthing-discosrv on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install syncthing-discosrv on Ubuntu 20.04. syncthing-discosrv is decentralized file synchronization - discovery server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install syncthing-discosrv on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is syncthing-discosrv

syncthing-discosrv is:

Syncthing is an application that lets you synchronize your files across multiple devices. This means the creation, modification or deletion of files on one machine will automatically be replicated to your other devices. Syncthing does not upload your data to the cloud but exchanges your data across your machines as soon as they are online at the same time.

Syncthing relies on a discovery server to find peers on the internet. Anyone can run a discovery server and point its syncthing installations to it.

This package contains the discovery server binary: stdiscosrv.

There are three methods to install syncthing-discosrv 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 syncthing-discosrv Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install syncthing-discosrv

Install syncthing-discosrv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install syncthing-discosrv

Install syncthing-discosrv 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 syncthing-discosrv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install syncthing-discosrv

How To Uninstall syncthing-discosrv on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the syncthing-discosrv package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove syncthing-discosrv

Uninstall syncthing-discosrv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove syncthing-discosrv

Remove syncthing-discosrv Configurations and Data

To remove syncthing-discosrv configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge syncthing-discosrv

Remove syncthing-discosrv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge syncthing-discosrv

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Summary

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