How To Install rotter 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 rotter on Ubuntu.
What is rotter
rotter is:
Rotter is a Recording of Transmission / Audio Logger for JACK. It was designed for use by radio stations, who are legally required to keep a recording of all their output. Rotter runs continuously, writing to a new file every hour.
There are three methods to install rotter 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 rotter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rotter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rotter
Install rotter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rotter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rotter
Install rotter 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 rotter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rotter
How To Uninstall rotter on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the rotter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rotter
Uninstall rotter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rotter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rotter
Remove rotter Configurations and Data
To remove rotter configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rotter
Remove rotter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rotter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rotter
Dependencies
rotter have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rotter package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.