How To Install mcollective-plugins-puppetca on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-puppetca on Ubuntu 20.04. mcollective-plugins-puppetca is mcollective plugin for puppet CA management

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-puppetca on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is mcollective-plugins-puppetca

mcollective-plugins-puppetca is:

This agent lets you sign, list, revoke and clean certificates on your Puppet Certificate Authorities

There are three methods to install mcollective-plugins-puppetca 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 mcollective-plugins-puppetca 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-puppetca using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mcollective-plugins-puppetca

Install mcollective-plugins-puppetca Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mcollective-plugins-puppetca

Install mcollective-plugins-puppetca 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-puppetca using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mcollective-plugins-puppetca

How To Uninstall mcollective-plugins-puppetca on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove mcollective-plugins-puppetca

Uninstall mcollective-plugins-puppetca And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mcollective-plugins-puppetca and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mcollective-plugins-puppetca

Remove mcollective-plugins-puppetca Configurations and Data

To remove mcollective-plugins-puppetca configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mcollective-plugins-puppetca

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcollective-plugins-puppetca

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-puppetca package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.