How To Install fts-opsi on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install fts-opsi on Debian 9. fts-opsi is LDAP LTSP module for the TFTP/Fuse supplicant

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fts-opsi on Debian 9.

What is fts-opsi

fts-opsi 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 OPSI module for FTS.

There are three methods to install fts-opsi on Debian 9. 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-opsi 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-opsi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fts-opsi

Install fts-opsi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fts-opsi

Install fts-opsi 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 fts-opsi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fts-opsi

How To Uninstall fts-opsi on Debian 9

To uninstall only the fts-opsi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fts-opsi

Uninstall fts-opsi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fts-opsi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fts-opsi

Remove fts-opsi Configurations and Data

To remove fts-opsi configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fts-opsi

Remove fts-opsi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fts-opsi

Dependencies

fts-opsi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fts-opsi package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.