How To Install ansible on Debian 11
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.