How To Install bcfg2-web on Debian 10

Learn how to install bcfg2-web on Debian 10 with this tutorial. bcfg2-web is Configuration management web interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcfg2-web on Debian 10.

What is bcfg2-web

bcfg2-web is:

Bcfg2 is a configuration management system that generates configuration sets for clients bound by client profiles. bcfg2-web is the reporting server for bcfg2.

There are three methods to install bcfg2-web on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bcfg2-web Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bcfg2-web using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bcfg2-web

Install bcfg2-web Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bcfg2-web using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bcfg2-web

Install bcfg2-web 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install bcfg2-web using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bcfg2-web

How To Uninstall bcfg2-web on Debian 10

To uninstall only the bcfg2-web package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bcfg2-web

Uninstall bcfg2-web And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bcfg2-web and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bcfg2-web

Remove bcfg2-web Configurations and Data

To remove bcfg2-web configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bcfg2-web

Remove bcfg2-web configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bcfg2-web configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bcfg2-web

Dependencies

bcfg2-web have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bcfg2-web package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.