How To Install ansible-mitogen on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible-mitogen on Ubuntu 22.04. ansible-mitogen is Fast connection strategy for Ansible

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible-mitogen on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is ansible-mitogen

ansible-mitogen is:

Mitogen for Ansible is a completely redesigned UNIX connection layer and module runtime for Ansible. Requiring minimal configuration changes, it updates Ansible’s slow and wasteful shell-centric implementation with pure-Python equivalents, invoked via highly efficient remote procedure calls to persistent interpreters tunnelled over SSH. No changes are required to target hosts.

There are three methods to install ansible-mitogen on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-mitogen 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-mitogen using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ansible-mitogen

Install ansible-mitogen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ansible-mitogen

Install ansible-mitogen 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install ansible-mitogen

How To Uninstall ansible-mitogen on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ansible-mitogen

Uninstall ansible-mitogen And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ansible-mitogen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ansible-mitogen

Remove ansible-mitogen Configurations and Data

To remove ansible-mitogen configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ansible-mitogen

Remove ansible-mitogen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ansible-mitogen

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible-mitogen package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.