How To Install fusioninventory-agent on Debian 12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fusioninventory-agent on Debian 12.

What is fusioninventory-agent

fusioninventory-agent is:

FusionInventory Agent is an application designed to help a network or system administrator to keep track of the hardware and software configurations of devices. This agent can collect information about from:

• the local machine (Inventory)
• the network using SNMP
• an VMware ESX or vCenter server The agent can be driven from different asset management software including GLPI, Rudder, Uranos, OCSInventory.

The agent can also be used to install new software and configuration changes.

There are three methods to install fusioninventory-agent 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 fusioninventory-agent Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fusioninventory-agent

Install fusioninventory-agent Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fusioninventory-agent

Install fusioninventory-agent 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 fusioninventory-agent using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fusioninventory-agent

How To Uninstall fusioninventory-agent on Debian 12

To uninstall only the fusioninventory-agent package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fusioninventory-agent

Uninstall fusioninventory-agent And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fusioninventory-agent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fusioninventory-agent

Remove fusioninventory-agent Configurations and Data

To remove fusioninventory-agent configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fusioninventory-agent

Remove fusioninventory-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fusioninventory-agent

Dependencies

fusioninventory-agent have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• fusioninventory-agent website
• fusioninventory-agent on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fusioninventory-agent package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.