Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-dater on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is apt-dater
apt-dater is:
apt-dater provides an easy to use ncurses frontend for managing package
updates on a large number of remote hosts using SSH and apt-dater-host.
It supports Debian-based managed hosts as well as openSUSE and CentOS based
systems.
There are three methods to install apt-dater 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 apt-dater Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-dater using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apt-dater
Install apt-dater Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apt-dater using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apt-dater
Install apt-dater 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 apt-dater using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apt-dater
How To Uninstall apt-dater on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the apt-dater package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apt-dater
Uninstall apt-dater And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apt-dater and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apt-dater
Remove apt-dater Configurations and Data
To remove apt-dater configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apt-dater
Remove apt-dater configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apt-dater configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apt-dater
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-dater package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
