How To Install genders on Debian 10

Learn how to install genders on Debian 10 with this tutorial. genders is cluster configuration management database tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install genders on Debian 10.

What is genders

genders is:

Genders is a static cluster configuration database used for cluster configuration management. It is used by a variety of tools and scripts for management of large clusters. The genders database is typically replicated on every node of the cluster. It describes the layout and configuration of the cluster so that tools and scripts can sense the variations of cluster nodes. By abstracting this information into a plain text file, it becomes possible to change the configuration of a cluster by modifying only one file.

There are three methods to install genders on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install genders Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install genders

Install genders Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install genders

Install genders 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 genders using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install genders

How To Uninstall genders on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove genders

Uninstall genders And Its Dependencies

To uninstall genders and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove genders

Remove genders Configurations and Data

To remove genders configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge genders

Remove genders configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge genders

Dependencies

genders have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install genders package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.