How to Install and Uninstall rex Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 24,2024

1. Install "rex" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install rex on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall rex on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: rex
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 1354
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Architecture: all
Version: 1.3.3-1
Depends: libdbi-perl, libdigest-hmac-perl, libexpect-perl, libhash-merge-perl, libhttp-message-perl, libio-pty-perl, libio-string-perl, libipc-shareable-perl, libjson-xs-perl, liblist-moreutils-perl, liblwp-protocol-https-perl, libnet-openssh-perl, libnet-sftp-foreign-perl, libnet-ssh2-perl, libparallel-forkmanager-perl, libsort-naturally-perl, libstring-escape-perl, libterm-readkey-perl, libtext-glob-perl, liburi-perl, libwww-perl, libxml-libxml-perl, libxml-simple-perl, libyaml-perl, perl
Filename: pool/universe/r/rex/rex_1.3.3-1_all.deb
Size: 336278
MD5sum: d700f911bdaea5e236e8b08da4e85a2f
SHA1: be00f213f4aeef078829b2d092a09c6694cec214
SHA256: ab0c26501e72ac1dc955eef0e413b3ad60e794a8b2cc981c15a8782e931e3954
Description-en: deployment and configuration management tool
Rex is a tool to ease the execution of commands on multiple remote
servers. You can define small tasks, chain tasks to batches, link
them with servers or server groups, and execute them easily in
your terminal.
Description-md5: a90edbb22e0483e75067929909550f9c
Homepage: http://www.rexify.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu