How To Install ansible on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible on Debian 11. ansible is Configuration management, deployment, and task execution system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible on Debian 11.

What is ansible

ansible is:

Ansible is a radically simple model-driven configuration management, multi-node deployment, and remote task execution system. Ansible works over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and are transferred to managed machines automatically.

This package contains ansible-base 2.10.x and ansible-collections 2.10.x merged into one package.

There are three methods to install ansible on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ansible Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ansible

Install ansible Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ansible

Install ansible 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 ansible using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ansible

How To Uninstall ansible on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove ansible

Uninstall ansible And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ansible and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ansible

Remove ansible Configurations and Data

To remove ansible configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ansible

Remove ansible configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ansible

Dependencies

ansible have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.