How To Install gadmintools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gadmintools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gadmintools
gadmintools is:
Gadmintools consists of several easy to use GTK+ server administration tools for the following programs:
- gadmin-bind - ISC BIND DNS server
- gadmin-openvpn-client - OpenVPN client
- gadmin-openvpn-server - OpenVPN Server
- gadmin-proftpd - Proftpd FTP server
- gadmin-rsync - Rsync server
- gadmin-samba - Samba SMB server
There are three methods to install gadmintools 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 gadmintools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gadmintools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gadmintools
Install gadmintools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gadmintools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gadmintools
Install gadmintools 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 gadmintools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gadmintools
How To Uninstall gadmintools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gadmintools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gadmintools
Uninstall gadmintools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gadmintools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gadmintools
Remove gadmintools Configurations and Data
To remove gadmintools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gadmintools
Remove gadmintools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gadmintools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gadmintools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gadmintools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
