How To Install cockpit-networkmanager on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-networkmanager on Ubuntu 20.04. cockpit-networkmanager is Cockpit user interface for networking Cockpit user interface for networking

Introduction

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

What is cockpit-networkmanager

cockpit-networkmanager is:

The Cockpit components for interacting with networking configuration.

Package: cockpit-networkmanager 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: 413 Depends: cockpit-bridge (>= 186), network-manager (>= 1.6) Filename: pool/universe/c/cockpit/cockpit-networkmanager_215-1_all.deb Size: 384972 MD5sum: 1d995e1533cdeb05d995a153bacb6ab6 SHA1: de329c8d70172563003e7a834cce1d819c4e7a86 SHA256: 7cfb205fd870eee234d7644d2eb8b013e9584c8b0e97e9c1d1769076586167df Homepage: https://cockpit-project.org/ Description-en: Cockpit user interface for networking The Cockpit components for interacting with networking configuration.

There are three methods to install cockpit-networkmanager 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-networkmanager 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-networkmanager using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cockpit-networkmanager

Install cockpit-networkmanager Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cockpit-networkmanager

Install cockpit-networkmanager 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-networkmanager using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cockpit-networkmanager

How To Uninstall cockpit-networkmanager on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the cockpit-networkmanager package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cockpit-networkmanager

Uninstall cockpit-networkmanager And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cockpit-networkmanager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cockpit-networkmanager

Remove cockpit-networkmanager Configurations and Data

To remove cockpit-networkmanager configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cockpit-networkmanager

Remove cockpit-networkmanager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cockpit-networkmanager

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Summary

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