How To Install cockpit-dashboard on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-dashboard on Ubuntu 20.04. cockpit-dashboard is Cockpit remote server dashboard Cockpit remote servers and dashboard

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-dashboard on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is cockpit-dashboard

cockpit-dashboard is:

Cockpit page for showing performance graphs for up to 20 remote servers.

Package: cockpit-dashboard Architecture: all Version: 215-1 Multi-Arch: foreign 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: 227 Depends: cockpit-bridge (>= 170.x), cockpit-ws (>= 215-1), cockpit-ws (« 215-1.1~) Replaces: cockpit-system (« 128), cockpit-ws (« 128) Filename: pool/universe/c/cockpit/cockpit-dashboard_215-1_all.deb Size: 194972 MD5sum: 9caf9c2bc18fa1408951b7d3c1713db5 SHA1: 84be84c4563eaccb1e7442ca8d29902ec42fac32 SHA256: 62f5d740bbacee6c5602bea30f0dfaffbeb952355fd0fa1da56ce4954762695f Homepage: https://cockpit-project.org/ Description-en: Cockpit remote servers and dashboard 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 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-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 20.04

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 20.04, 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 20.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-dashboard package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.