How To Install mirrorkit on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mirrorkit on Ubuntu.
What is mirrorkit
mirrorkit is:
MirrorKit is a Python frontend to debmirror that uses a xml configuration file to generate a Ubuntu mirror. It also generates an html report page to monitor the mirror status from a template file.
There are three methods to install mirrorkit on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mirrorkit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mirrorkit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mirrorkit
Install mirrorkit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mirrorkit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mirrorkit
Install mirrorkit 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 mirrorkit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mirrorkit
How To Uninstall mirrorkit on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the mirrorkit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mirrorkit
Uninstall mirrorkit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mirrorkit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mirrorkit
Remove mirrorkit Configurations and Data
To remove mirrorkit configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mirrorkit
Remove mirrorkit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mirrorkit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mirrorkit
Dependencies
mirrorkit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mirrorkit package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.