How To Install zeroc-glacier2 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 zeroc-glacier2 on Ubuntu.
What is zeroc-glacier2
zeroc-glacier2 is:
This package contains the Glacier2 router. A Glacier2 router allows you to securely route Ice communications across networks, such as the public Internet and a private network behind a firewall. With Glacier2, you only need to open one port in your firewall to make multiple back-end Ice servers reachable by remote Ice clients on the Internet.
Ice is a comprehensive RPC framework that helps you network your software with minimal effort. Ice takes care of all interactions with low-level network programming interfaces and allows you to focus your efforts on your application logic.
There are three methods to install zeroc-glacier2 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 zeroc-glacier2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zeroc-glacier2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zeroc-glacier2
Install zeroc-glacier2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zeroc-glacier2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zeroc-glacier2
Install zeroc-glacier2 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 zeroc-glacier2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zeroc-glacier2
How To Uninstall zeroc-glacier2 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the zeroc-glacier2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zeroc-glacier2
Uninstall zeroc-glacier2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zeroc-glacier2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zeroc-glacier2
Remove zeroc-glacier2 Configurations and Data
To remove zeroc-glacier2 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zeroc-glacier2
Remove zeroc-glacier2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zeroc-glacier2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zeroc-glacier2
Dependencies
zeroc-glacier2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zeroc-glacier2 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.