How To Install puppet-agent on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-agent on Debian 12.
What is puppet-agent
puppet-agent is:
Puppet is a configuration management system that allows you to define the state of your IT infrastructure, then automatically enforces the correct state.
This package contains the main Puppet libraries and the agent application.
There are three methods to install puppet-agent on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install puppet-agent Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install puppet-agent using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install puppet-agent
Install puppet-agent Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install puppet-agent using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install puppet-agent
Install puppet-agent 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 puppet-agent using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install puppet-agent
How To Uninstall puppet-agent on Debian 12
To uninstall only the puppet-agent package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove puppet-agent
Uninstall puppet-agent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall puppet-agent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove puppet-agent
Remove puppet-agent Configurations and Data
To remove puppet-agent configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge puppet-agent
Remove puppet-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove puppet-agent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puppet-agent
Dependencies
puppet-agent have the following dependencies:
- init-system-helpers
- adduser
- facter
- hiera
- ruby
- ruby-augeas
- ruby-concurrent
- ruby-deep-merge
- ruby-semantic-puppet
- ruby-shadow
- ruby-sorted-set
- debconf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-agent package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
