How To Install mcollective-plugins-facts-facter on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-facts-facter on Ubuntu 22.04. mcollective-plugins-facts-facter is mcollective plugin for collecting facts via facter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-facts-facter on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is mcollective-plugins-facts-facter

mcollective-plugins-facts-facter is:

The facter plugin enables mcollective to use facter as a source for facts about your system.

There are three methods to install mcollective-plugins-facts-facter on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mcollective-plugins-facts-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 mcollective-plugins-facts-facter using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mcollective-plugins-facts-facter

Install mcollective-plugins-facts-facter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mcollective-plugins-facts-facter using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mcollective-plugins-facts-facter

Install mcollective-plugins-facts-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install mcollective-plugins-facts-facter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mcollective-plugins-facts-facter

How To Uninstall mcollective-plugins-facts-facter on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the mcollective-plugins-facts-facter package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mcollective-plugins-facts-facter

Uninstall mcollective-plugins-facts-facter And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mcollective-plugins-facts-facter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mcollective-plugins-facts-facter

Remove mcollective-plugins-facts-facter Configurations and Data

To remove mcollective-plugins-facts-facter configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mcollective-plugins-facts-facter

Remove mcollective-plugins-facts-facter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mcollective-plugins-facts-facter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcollective-plugins-facts-facter

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-facts-facter package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.