How To Install nut on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install nut on Debian 9. nut is network UPS tools - metapackage

Introduction

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

What is nut

nut is:

Network UPS Tools (NUT) is a client/server monitoring system that allows computers to share uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and power distribution unit (PDU) hardware. Clients access the hardware through the server, and are notified whenever the power status changes.

This package is a metapackage that installs both nut-server and nut-client, in most cases it is sufficient for a basic UPS monitoring system.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nut

Install nut Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nut

Install nut 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 nut using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nut

How To Uninstall nut on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove nut

Uninstall nut And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nut

Remove nut Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nut

Remove nut configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nut

Dependencies

nut have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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