How To Install freeipa-admintools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipa-admintools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is freeipa-admintools
freeipa-admintools is:
This is a transitional dummy package, it can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install freeipa-admintools 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 freeipa-admintools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install freeipa-admintools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install freeipa-admintools
Install freeipa-admintools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install freeipa-admintools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install freeipa-admintools
Install freeipa-admintools 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 freeipa-admintools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install freeipa-admintools
How To Uninstall freeipa-admintools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the freeipa-admintools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove freeipa-admintools
Uninstall freeipa-admintools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall freeipa-admintools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove freeipa-admintools
Remove freeipa-admintools Configurations and Data
To remove freeipa-admintools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge freeipa-admintools
Remove freeipa-admintools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove freeipa-admintools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge freeipa-admintools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install freeipa-admintools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
