How To Install myrescue on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install myrescue on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is myrescue
myrescue is:
myrescue is a program to rescue the still-readable data from a damaged harddisk, CD-ROM, DVD, flash drives, etc. It is similar in purpose to dd_rescue (or ddrescue), but it tries to quickly get out of damaged areas to first handle the not yet damaged part of the disk and return later.
This package is useful to recover data from any media and for forensics investigations.
There are three methods to install myrescue 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 myrescue Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install myrescue using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install myrescue
Install myrescue Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install myrescue using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install myrescue
Install myrescue 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 myrescue using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install myrescue
How To Uninstall myrescue on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the myrescue package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove myrescue
Uninstall myrescue And Its Dependencies
To uninstall myrescue and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove myrescue
Remove myrescue Configurations and Data
To remove myrescue configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge myrescue
Remove myrescue configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove myrescue configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge myrescue
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install myrescue package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
