How To Install rio 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 rio on Ubuntu.
What is rio
rio is:
rio is a Diamond Rio MP3 CLI controller program The home website is http://www.world.co.uk/sba This program supports file uploads and downloads, on both the Classic Rio and the 64 Meg Rio, and supports plug in cards.
The default port is 0x378, if your rio is plugged into a different port, you will need to use the -p option.
This program directly controls various IOports. The program need to be run as root, or setuid root.
If you execute the following line as root after package installation, the program will be setuid root.
chmod 4755 /usr/bin/rio
Do NOT do that unless you understand the security implications of a setuid binary that can “easily” overwrite any system file.
There are three methods to install rio 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 rio Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rio
Install rio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rio
Install rio 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 rio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rio
How To Uninstall rio on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the rio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rio
Uninstall rio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rio
Remove rio Configurations and Data
To remove rio configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rio
Remove rio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rio
Dependencies
rio have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rio package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.