How To Install gandi-cli on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gandi-cli on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gandi-cli
gandi-cli is:
The ‘gandi’ command-line interface provides a tool for Gandi customers to manage web services:
- Register a domain name.
- Create a virtual machine.
- Deploy a web application with Simple Hosting.
- Create a SSL Certificate.
- Add a Web Application vhost with SSL.
- Create a Private VLAN.
Gandi is a provider of domain name registration, web hosting, and related services.
There are three methods to install gandi-cli 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 gandi-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gandi-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gandi-cli
Install gandi-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gandi-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gandi-cli
Install gandi-cli 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 gandi-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gandi-cli
How To Uninstall gandi-cli on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gandi-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gandi-cli
Uninstall gandi-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gandi-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gandi-cli
Remove gandi-cli Configurations and Data
To remove gandi-cli configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gandi-cli
Remove gandi-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gandi-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gandi-cli
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gandi-cli package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
