How to Install and Uninstall rdate Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "rdate" package

This guide let you learn how to install rdate on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                rdate
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "rdate" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall rdate on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                rdate
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rdate package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: rdate
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.10-4
Priority: optional
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thiago Andrade Marques
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 56
Depends: libbsd0 (>= 0.0), libc6 (>= 2.15)
Replaces: netstd
Filename: pool/main/r/rdate/rdate_1.10-4_amd64.deb
Size: 17436
MD5sum: 3d51b83b655fb8b798b38ac099a272f5
SHA1: be22e7ead1393435435107a5f29d2cb503bf8530
SHA256: 5fdc012b9a5a94372f0b1b133888ec3bccb4320455658908ba4790fae83b8e1a
SHA512: 5a9d6039c0ec319b877f1585df4f3348262534bad7686c1bd539679602f35ec2090ab196ecf9c6cfc0c2c77f6c6c265da57befa379b1cb28a6a2d7923f580cda
Homepage: https://github.com/resurrecting-open-source-projects/openrdate
Description-en: sets the system's date from a remote host with network time protocol
OpenRdate or openrdate or rdate displays and sets the local date and time from
the host name or address given as the argument. The time source may be an RFC
868 TCP protocol server, which is usually implemented as a built-in service of
inetd(8), or an RFC 5905 protocol SNTP/NTP server. By default, rdate uses the
RFC 868 TCP protocol.
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OpenRdate supports IPv4 and IPv6 protocols.
Description-md5: 673697444ab8760cb58945c4651927a1
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