How To Install joyent-mdata-client on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install joyent-mdata-client on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is joyent-mdata-client
joyent-mdata-client is:
In-guest tools for interacting with the SmartOS hyper-visor datasource. These tools allows you to get, list and put key/value pairs with the SmartOS datasource.
There are three methods to install joyent-mdata-client 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 joyent-mdata-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install joyent-mdata-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install joyent-mdata-client
Install joyent-mdata-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install joyent-mdata-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install joyent-mdata-client
Install joyent-mdata-client 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 joyent-mdata-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install joyent-mdata-client
How To Uninstall joyent-mdata-client on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the joyent-mdata-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove joyent-mdata-client
Uninstall joyent-mdata-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall joyent-mdata-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove joyent-mdata-client
Remove joyent-mdata-client Configurations and Data
To remove joyent-mdata-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge joyent-mdata-client
Remove joyent-mdata-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove joyent-mdata-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge joyent-mdata-client
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install joyent-mdata-client package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
