How To Install rephrase 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 rephrase on Ubuntu.
What is rephrase
rephrase is:
If you can nearly remember your GnuPG passphrase - but not quite - then Rephrase may be able to help. Tell Rephrase the parts of the passphrase you know, and any number of alternatives for the parts you’re not sure about; and Rephrase will try all the alternatives, in all possible combinations, and tell you which combination (if any) gives you the correct passphrase.
There are three methods to install rephrase 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 rephrase Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rephrase using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rephrase
Install rephrase Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rephrase using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rephrase
Install rephrase 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 rephrase using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rephrase
How To Uninstall rephrase on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the rephrase package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rephrase
Uninstall rephrase And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rephrase and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rephrase
Remove rephrase Configurations and Data
To remove rephrase configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rephrase
Remove rephrase configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rephrase configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rephrase
Dependencies
rephrase have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rephrase package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.