How To Install console-conf on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install console-conf on Ubuntu 20.04. console-conf is Ubuntu Core Pre-Ownership Configurator Ubuntu Core Pre-Ownership Configurator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install console-conf on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is console-conf

console-conf is:

SUbiquity is an installer system for servers, embedded devices and desktops or laptops meant to build systems as quickly as possible for users to reach a point where their system is usable.

By default, subiquity provides a “first boot” experience that allows users to do initial system configuration such as adding users and login settings, along with doing basic network configuration. It can also be used to build a new system from the ground up, partitioning and copying a disk image to the storage device selected by the user.

This package provides the setup routines for pre-ownership configuration of a system.

Package: console-conf Architecture: all Version: 20.04.1+git45g5f9fae19 Priority: extra Section: universe/admin Source: subiquity Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 124 Depends: python3, subiquitycore, python3:any Filename: pool/universe/s/subiquity/console-conf_20.04.1+git45g5f9fae19_all.deb Size: 15932 MD5sum: 3e4ca5f47b62a9364e3a3f69adcae995 SHA1: ad20c5a1d464dee33e2d7e8d5c90ea174867829a SHA256: 8d4b1c4f95dae6c9034a45f3888b0d02bc8e85a28c001808ceb0ae3a379c85b5 Homepage: https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/subiquity Description-en: Ubuntu Core Pre-Ownership Configurator SUbiquity is an installer system for servers, embedded devices and desktops or laptops meant to build systems as quickly as possible for users to reach a point where their system is usable.

By default, subiquity provides a “first boot” experience that allows users to do initial system configuration such as adding users and login settings, along with doing basic network configuration. It can also be used to build a new system from the ground up, partitioning and copying a disk image to the storage device selected by the user.

This package provides the setup routines for pre-ownership configuration of a system.

There are three methods to install console-conf 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 console-conf Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install console-conf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install console-conf

Install console-conf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install console-conf

Install console-conf 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 console-conf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install console-conf

How To Uninstall console-conf on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the console-conf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove console-conf

Uninstall console-conf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove console-conf

Remove console-conf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge console-conf

Remove console-conf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge console-conf

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Summary

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