How To Install berkshelf-api on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install berkshelf-api
on Debian 9.
What is berkshelf-api
berkshelf-api is:
A server which indexes cookbooks from various sources and hosts it over a REST API.
Berkshelf-api supports the next endpoints:
- Chef server
- A local directory containing cookbooks
- GitHub Organization (not recommended)
- Community and private suppermarket servers (optional)
There are three methods to install berkshelf-api
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install berkshelf-api Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install berkshelf-api
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install berkshelf-api
Install berkshelf-api Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install berkshelf-api
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install berkshelf-api
Install berkshelf-api 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 berkshelf-api
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install berkshelf-api
How To Uninstall berkshelf-api on Debian 9
To uninstall only the berkshelf-api
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove berkshelf-api
Uninstall berkshelf-api And Its Dependencies
To uninstall berkshelf-api
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove berkshelf-api
Remove berkshelf-api Configurations and Data
To remove berkshelf-api
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge berkshelf-api
Remove berkshelf-api configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove berkshelf-api
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge berkshelf-api
Dependencies
berkshelf-api have the following dependencies:
- ruby
- reel
- ruby-buff-config
- ruby-celluloid
- ruby-celluloid-io
- ruby-grape
- ruby-grape-msgpack
- ruby-hashie
- ruby-hashie
- ruby-octokit
- ruby-octokit
- ruby-rack
- ruby-ridley
- ruby-semverse
- ruby-varia-model
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install berkshelf-api
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.