Complete Guide: Installing rdist on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2024

1. Install "rdist" package

This tutorial shows how to install rdist on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall rdist on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                rdist
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rdist package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: rdist
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 191
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.1.5-18
Replaces: netstd
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/universe/r/rdist/rdist_6.1.5-18_amd64.deb
Size: 73348
MD5sum: 2bb44618dbd3e9e68a043420f6818dd6
SHA1: b95d1eec7322f9acd644e937393312f1d9203f6a
SHA256: f048d175e48e059a4eb9902d04ecf8b347418efd8376bb81cdfe3efd3eeb2e82
Description-en: remote file distribution client and server
Rdist is a program to maintain identical copies of files over multiple hosts.
It preserves the owner, group, mode, and mtime of files if possible and can
update programs that are executing.
Description-md5: d6cd93b7fcf355e8971750bcbf052738
Homepage: http://www.magnicomp.com/rdist/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu