How To Install maas-rack-controller on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install maas-rack-controller on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is maas-rack-controller
maas-rack-controller is:
This is a transitional package. It can be safely removed.
Package: maas-rack-controller Architecture: all Version: 1:0.6 Priority: optional Section: universe/net Source: maas Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 8 Depends: maas (= 1:0.6) Filename: pool/universe/m/maas/maas-rack-controller_0.6_all.deb Size: 1524 MD5sum: ca8fcddd31d5626b4e1179d53dc9b0d0 SHA1: 9490209604463844820a03c06d4d212e0650a0f0 SHA256: 80e19448975bc56fccc83046a76fe877d93661de54d776aa89d4a65b5ac826a0 Homepage: https://maas.io/ Description-en: Transitional package to the maas snap This is a transitional package. It can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install maas-rack-controller on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install maas-rack-controller Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install maas-rack-controller using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install maas-rack-controller
Install maas-rack-controller Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install maas-rack-controller using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install maas-rack-controller
Install maas-rack-controller 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 maas-rack-controller using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install maas-rack-controller
How To Uninstall maas-rack-controller on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the maas-rack-controller package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove maas-rack-controller
Uninstall maas-rack-controller And Its Dependencies
To uninstall maas-rack-controller and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove maas-rack-controller
Remove maas-rack-controller Configurations and Data
To remove maas-rack-controller configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge maas-rack-controller
Remove maas-rack-controller configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove maas-rack-controller configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maas-rack-controller
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install maas-rack-controller package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
