How To Install cockpit-bridge on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-bridge on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is cockpit-bridge
cockpit-bridge is:
The Cockpit bridge component installed server side and runs commands on the system on behalf of the web based user interface.
Package: cockpit-bridge Architecture: amd64 Version: 215-1 Priority: optional Section: universe/admin Source: cockpit Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1082 Provides: cockpit-ssh Depends: libc6 (>= 2.27), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.4), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 1.2.0), libpolkit-agent-1-0 (>= 0.105), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.104), libssh-4 (>= 0.8.4), libsystemd0 (>= 235), glib-networking Breaks: cockpit-dashboard (« 170.x), cockpit-ws (« 181.x) Replaces: cockpit-dashboard (« 170.x), cockpit-ws (« 181.x) Filename: pool/universe/c/cockpit/cockpit-bridge_215-1_amd64.deb Size: 556992 MD5sum: 9e31fceb1b8a48d765fd9d4ff328f242 SHA1: b9bcdef67d36052ef52f834a7fb73001a90ed51d SHA256: 68f9c386c921a239ae3480f1523af22c3a0a1f681c2dc846407b3a178a7d315e Homepage: https://cockpit-project.org/ Description-en: Cockpit bridge server-side component The Cockpit bridge component installed server side and runs commands on the system on behalf of the web based user interface.
There are three methods to install cockpit-bridge on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cockpit-bridge Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cockpit-bridge using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cockpit-bridge
Install cockpit-bridge Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cockpit-bridge using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cockpit-bridge
Install cockpit-bridge 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 cockpit-bridge using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cockpit-bridge
How To Uninstall cockpit-bridge on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the cockpit-bridge package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cockpit-bridge
Uninstall cockpit-bridge And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cockpit-bridge and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cockpit-bridge
Remove cockpit-bridge Configurations and Data
To remove cockpit-bridge configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cockpit-bridge
Remove cockpit-bridge configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cockpit-bridge configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cockpit-bridge
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-bridge package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
