How To Install cockpit-ws on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-ws on Debian 10.
What is cockpit-ws
cockpit-ws is:
The Cockpit Web Service listens on the network, and authenticates users.
There are three methods to install cockpit-ws on Debian 10. 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-ws 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-ws using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cockpit-ws
Install cockpit-ws Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cockpit-ws using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cockpit-ws
Install cockpit-ws 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cockpit-ws using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cockpit-ws
How To Uninstall cockpit-ws on Debian 10
To uninstall only the cockpit-ws package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cockpit-ws
Uninstall cockpit-ws And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cockpit-ws and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cockpit-ws
Remove cockpit-ws Configurations and Data
To remove cockpit-ws configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cockpit-ws
Remove cockpit-ws configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cockpit-ws configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cockpit-ws
Dependencies
cockpit-ws have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libglib2.0-0
- libgssapi-krb5-2
- libjson-glib-1.0-0
- libkrb5-3
- libpam0g
- libsystemd0
- glib-networking
- adduser
- openssl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-ws package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.