How To Install dhis-client on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhis-client
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is dhis-client
dhis-client is:
dhid is the DHIS client daemon. After setting up with a DHIS provider, each machine may run a dhid daemon (in background) in order to update its dynamic IP address within the server.
There are three methods to install dhis-client
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 dhis-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dhis-client
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dhis-client
Install dhis-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dhis-client
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dhis-client
Install dhis-client 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 dhis-client
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dhis-client
How To Uninstall dhis-client on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the dhis-client
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dhis-client
Uninstall dhis-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dhis-client
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dhis-client
Remove dhis-client Configurations and Data
To remove dhis-client
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dhis-client
Remove dhis-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dhis-client
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dhis-client
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhis-client
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.