How To Install cockpit-dashboard on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-dashboard
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cockpit-dashboard
cockpit-dashboard is:
Cockpit support for connecting to remote servers (through ssh) bastion hosts, and a basic dashboard.
There are three methods to install cockpit-dashboard
on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-dashboard 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-dashboard
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cockpit-dashboard
Install cockpit-dashboard Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cockpit-dashboard
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cockpit-dashboard
Install cockpit-dashboard 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-dashboard
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cockpit-dashboard
How To Uninstall cockpit-dashboard on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cockpit-dashboard
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cockpit-dashboard
Uninstall cockpit-dashboard And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cockpit-dashboard
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cockpit-dashboard
Remove cockpit-dashboard Configurations and Data
To remove cockpit-dashboard
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cockpit-dashboard
Remove cockpit-dashboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cockpit-dashboard
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cockpit-dashboard
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-dashboard
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.