How To Install gortr on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gortr on Ubuntu 22.04. gortr is Cloudflares RPKI to Router server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gortr on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is gortr

gortr is:

GoRTR is an implementation of the RPKI to Router protocol (RFC 6810): it can be used to publish Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RFC 6480) prefix origin data from a trusted cache to BGP routers.

There are three methods to install gortr 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 gortr Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gortr

Install gortr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gortr

Install gortr 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 gortr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gortr

How To Uninstall gortr on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove gortr

Uninstall gortr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gortr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gortr

Remove gortr Configurations and Data

To remove gortr configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gortr

Remove gortr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gortr

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gortr package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.