How To Install cfengine2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cfengine2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cfengine2
cfengine2 is:
The main purpose of cfengine is to allow the system administrator to create a single central file which will define how every host on a network should be configured.
It takes a while to set up cfengine for a network (especially an already existing network), but once that is done you will wonder how you ever lived without it!
There are three methods to install cfengine2 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cfengine2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cfengine2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cfengine2
Install cfengine2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cfengine2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cfengine2
Install cfengine2 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 cfengine2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cfengine2
How To Uninstall cfengine2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cfengine2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cfengine2
Uninstall cfengine2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cfengine2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cfengine2
Remove cfengine2 Configurations and Data
To remove cfengine2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cfengine2
Remove cfengine2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cfengine2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cfengine2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cfengine2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
