How To Install fts-ltsp-ldap on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fts-ltsp-ldap on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fts-ltsp-ldap
fts-ltsp-ldap is:
FTS is a modular fuse-tftp-supplicant which allows one to create pxelinux configurations for different types of clients using external modules on the fly.
This package provides the LTSP5 module for FTS which is using the LDAP backend in conjunction with GOsa and GOto to generate client configurations.
There are three methods to install fts-ltsp-ldap on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fts-ltsp-ldap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fts-ltsp-ldap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fts-ltsp-ldap
Install fts-ltsp-ldap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fts-ltsp-ldap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fts-ltsp-ldap
Install fts-ltsp-ldap 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 fts-ltsp-ldap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fts-ltsp-ldap
How To Uninstall fts-ltsp-ldap on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fts-ltsp-ldap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fts-ltsp-ldap
Uninstall fts-ltsp-ldap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fts-ltsp-ldap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fts-ltsp-ldap
Remove fts-ltsp-ldap Configurations and Data
To remove fts-ltsp-ldap configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fts-ltsp-ldap
Remove fts-ltsp-ldap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fts-ltsp-ldap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fts-ltsp-ldap
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fts-ltsp-ldap package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
