How To Install fuel-nailgun-agent on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fuel-nailgun-agent on Debian 9.
What is fuel-nailgun-agent
fuel-nailgun-agent is:
The agent nailgun-agent.rb collects the server??s hardware information and submits it to Nailgun through the REST API. It is used inside the hardware discovery bootstrap ISO image, on which nodes boot over PXE.
There are three methods to install fuel-nailgun-agent 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 fuel-nailgun-agent Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fuel-nailgun-agent using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fuel-nailgun-agent
Install fuel-nailgun-agent Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fuel-nailgun-agent using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fuel-nailgun-agent
Install fuel-nailgun-agent 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 fuel-nailgun-agent using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fuel-nailgun-agent
How To Uninstall fuel-nailgun-agent on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fuel-nailgun-agent package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fuel-nailgun-agent
Uninstall fuel-nailgun-agent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fuel-nailgun-agent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fuel-nailgun-agent
Remove fuel-nailgun-agent Configurations and Data
To remove fuel-nailgun-agent configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fuel-nailgun-agent
Remove fuel-nailgun-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fuel-nailgun-agent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fuel-nailgun-agent
Dependencies
fuel-nailgun-agent have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fuel-nailgun-agent package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
