How To Install cockpit on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cockpit
cockpit is:
Cockpit runs in a browser and can manage your network of GNU/Linux machines.
There are three methods to install cockpit 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 cockpit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cockpit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cockpit
Install cockpit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cockpit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cockpit
Install cockpit 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 cockpit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cockpit
How To Uninstall cockpit on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cockpit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cockpit
Uninstall cockpit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cockpit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cockpit
Remove cockpit Configurations and Data
To remove cockpit configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cockpit
Remove cockpit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cockpit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cockpit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
