How To Install rear 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 rear on Ubuntu.

What is `rear`

rear is:

It is a modular framework with many ready-to-go workflows for common situations. Relax-and-Recover produces a bootable image. This image can repartition the system. Once that is done it initiates a restore from backup. Restores to different hardware are possible. Relax-and-Recover can therefore be used as a migration tool as well.

There are three methods to install rear 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 rear Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install rear using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rear

Install rear Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rear using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rear

Install rear 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 rear using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rear

How To Uninstall rear on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the rear package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rear

Uninstall rear And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rear and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rear

Remove rear Configurations and Data

To remove rear configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rear

Remove rear configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rear configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rear

Dependencies

rear have the following dependencies:

References

rear website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rear package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.