How To Install bcfg2-server on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bcfg2-server
on Debian 10.
What is bcfg2-server
bcfg2-server is:
Bcfg2 is a configuration management system that generates configuration sets for clients bound by client profiles. bcfg2-server is the server for bcfg2 clients, which generates configuration sets and stores statistics of client system states.
There are three methods to install bcfg2-server
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 bcfg2-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bcfg2-server
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bcfg2-server
Install bcfg2-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bcfg2-server
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bcfg2-server
Install bcfg2-server 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 bcfg2-server
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bcfg2-server
How To Uninstall bcfg2-server on Debian 10
To uninstall only the bcfg2-server
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bcfg2-server
Uninstall bcfg2-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bcfg2-server
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bcfg2-server
Remove bcfg2-server Configurations and Data
To remove bcfg2-server
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bcfg2-server
Remove bcfg2-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bcfg2-server
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bcfg2-server
Dependencies
bcfg2-server have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bcfg2-server
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.