How To Install cockpit-system on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-system on Ubuntu 20.04. cockpit-system is Cockpit admin interface for a system Cockpit admin interface for a system

Introduction

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

What is cockpit-system

cockpit-system is:

Cockpit admin interface package for configuring and troubleshooting a system.

Package: cockpit-system 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: 1993 Provides: cockpit-shell, cockpit-systemd, cockpit-tuned, cockpit-users Depends: cockpit-bridge (>= 186), libpwquality-tools, openssl Recommends: policykit-1 Conflicts: cockpit-shell Replaces: cockpit-shell Filename: pool/universe/c/cockpit/cockpit-system_215-1_all.deb Size: 1888512 MD5sum: 21fa0d6cb08c392fb7a0d0cebeb06858 SHA1: e52f6515a31079ab783bb6bd570ddf7768bb75af SHA256: ca03a2f3cf4d82082fbf1440e3f3cf4ec4fb1d0725e0c5831dcb0f0d8f9b18c0 Homepage: https://cockpit-project.org/ Description-en: Cockpit admin interface for a system Cockpit admin interface package for configuring and troubleshooting a system.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cockpit-system

Install cockpit-system Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cockpit-system

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

sudo aptitude -y install cockpit-system

How To Uninstall cockpit-system on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove cockpit-system

Uninstall cockpit-system And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cockpit-system

Remove cockpit-system Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cockpit-system

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

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

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

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Summary

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