How To Install fling on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fling on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is fling
fling is:
fling transfers data quickly over a trusted network. It does not encrypt the data. It tries to avoid copying data between kernel and userspace where it can. The most improvement over other tools like netcat is seen on systems with low memory bandwidth. fling is extremely Linux-specific, as almost all the optimisations used beyond what other similar tools do are non-portable.
There are three methods to install fling on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fling Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fling using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fling
Install fling Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fling using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fling
Install fling 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 fling using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fling
How To Uninstall fling on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the fling package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fling
Uninstall fling And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fling and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fling
Remove fling Configurations and Data
To remove fling configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fling
Remove fling configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fling configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fling
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fling package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
