How To Install cockpit-ws on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-ws on Ubuntu 20.04. cockpit-ws is Cockpit Web Service Cockpit Web Service

Introduction

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

What is cockpit-ws

cockpit-ws is:

The Cockpit Web Service listens on the network, and authenticates users.

Install sssd-dbus for supporting client certificate/smart card authentication via sssd/FreeIPA.

Package: cockpit-ws Architecture: amd64 Version: 215-1 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: 2355 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.4), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.6), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.14+dfsg), libjson-glib-1.0-0 (>= 0.16.0), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libsystemd0 (>= 237), glib-networking, adduser, openssl, systemd (>= 235) Suggests: sssd-dbus Conflicts: firewalld (« 0.6.0) Filename: pool/universe/c/cockpit/cockpit-ws_215-1_amd64.deb Size: 1297968 MD5sum: 1436c131f10e19dd3e606c60a9a80bbe SHA1: dcd7fc0e32d3d2acc04db4d59b048fe489c324b1 SHA256: 1f6e67371bf6940bfef60b8b77449b1bcbbc4e516182741ebfe8886f2902120b Homepage: https://cockpit-project.org/ Description-en: Cockpit Web Service The Cockpit Web Service listens on the network, and authenticates users.

Install sssd-dbus for supporting client certificate/smart card authentication via sssd/FreeIPA.

There are three methods to install cockpit-ws 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-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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04

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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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

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Summary

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