How To Install facter on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install facter on Debian 9.
What is facter
facter is:
A cross-platform Ruby library for retrieving facts from operating systems. Supports multiple resolution mechanisms, any of which can be restricted to working only on certain operating systems or environments. Facter is especially useful for retrieving things like operating system names, IP addresses, MAC addresses, and SSH keys.
It is easy to extend Facter to include your own custom facts or to include additional mechanisms for retrieving facts.
There are three methods to install facter 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 facter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install facter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install facter
Install facter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install facter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install facter
Install facter 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 facter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install facter
How To Uninstall facter on Debian 9
To uninstall only the facter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove facter
Uninstall facter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall facter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove facter
Remove facter Configurations and Data
To remove facter configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge facter
Remove facter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove facter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge facter
Dependencies
facter have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install facter package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
