How To Install lavapdu-client on Debian 10

Learn how to install lavapdu-client on Debian 10 with this tutorial. lavapdu-client is LAVA PDU client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lavapdu-client on Debian 10.

What is lavapdu-client

lavapdu-client is:

The Linaro Automated Validation Architecture (LAVA) can use the pduclient to control the power supply to devices under test.

This package contains the pduclient to ensure that devices get a hard reboot. The client connects to the listen daemon on a local or remote host running lavapdu-daemon.

There are three methods to install lavapdu-client on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lavapdu-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 lavapdu-client using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lavapdu-client

Install lavapdu-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lavapdu-client

Install lavapdu-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install lavapdu-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lavapdu-client

How To Uninstall lavapdu-client on Debian 10

To uninstall only the lavapdu-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lavapdu-client

Uninstall lavapdu-client And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lavapdu-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lavapdu-client

Remove lavapdu-client Configurations and Data

To remove lavapdu-client configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lavapdu-client

Remove lavapdu-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lavapdu-client

Dependencies

lavapdu-client have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lavapdu-client package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.