How To Install fair on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fair on Debian 12.
What is fair
fair is:
Fair is a system for implementing load balancers; it consists of two daemons: carrousel and transponder. Carrousel, which performs load balancing services, typically runs on a load balancer; transponder runs on the servers.
Fair understands network topologies where one node is reachable via more than one IP address; this allows not only the servers, but the network to be redundant as well. This distinguishes fair from other load balancers.
There are three methods to install fair on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fair Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fair using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fair
Install fair Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fair using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fair
Install fair 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 fair using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fair
How To Uninstall fair on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fair package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fair
Uninstall fair And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fair and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fair
Remove fair Configurations and Data
To remove fair configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fair
Remove fair configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fair configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fair
Dependencies
fair have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fair package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.