How To Install reptyr on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 400 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install reptyr on Ubuntu.
What is reptyr
reptyr is:
reptyr is a utility for taking an existing running program and attaching it to a new terminal, and is particularly useful for moving a long-running process into a GNU screen session.
reptyr does a more thorough job of transferring programs than many other tools, including the popular “screenify” shell script, because it changes the program’s controlling terminal. This means that actions such as window resizes and interrupts are sent to the process from the new terminal.
There are three methods to install reptyr 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 reptyr Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install reptyr using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install reptyr
Install reptyr Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install reptyr using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install reptyr
Install reptyr 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 reptyr using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install reptyr
How To Uninstall reptyr on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the reptyr package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove reptyr
Uninstall reptyr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall reptyr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove reptyr
Remove reptyr Configurations and Data
To remove reptyr configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge reptyr
Remove reptyr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove reptyr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge reptyr
Dependencies
reptyr have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install reptyr package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.