How To Install goiardi on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install goiardi on Debian 9. goiardi is Chef server written in Go

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install goiardi on Debian 9.

What is goiardi

goiardi is:

Goiardi is an implementation of the Chef server written in Go. It can either run entirely in memory with the option to save and load the in-memory data and search indexes to and from disk, drawing inspiration from chef-zero, or it can use MariaDB/MySQL or PostgreSQL as its storage backend.

There are three methods to install goiardi 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 goiardi Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install goiardi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install goiardi

Install goiardi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install goiardi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install goiardi

Install goiardi 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 goiardi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install goiardi

How To Uninstall goiardi on Debian 9

To uninstall only the goiardi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove goiardi

Uninstall goiardi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall goiardi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove goiardi

Remove goiardi Configurations and Data

To remove goiardi configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge goiardi

Remove goiardi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove goiardi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge goiardi

Dependencies

goiardi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install goiardi package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.