How To Install libfacter3.10.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfacter3.10.0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libfacter3.10.0
libfacter3.10.0 is:
Facter is Puppet’s cross-platform system profiling library. It discovers and reports per-node facts, which are collected by the Puppet agent and are made available in Puppet manifests as variables. Facter comes with a number of built-in facts providing information about the operating system, hardware, SSH keys, etc., but is also easily extensible through the following interfaces:
- Through custom facts using Facter’s Ruby API.
- Through `external’ facts which can be either executables, or static data files.
This package contains the core shared library implementing most of Facter’s functionality.
There are three methods to install libfacter3.10.0 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 libfacter3.10.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfacter3.10.0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfacter3.10.0
Install libfacter3.10.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfacter3.10.0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfacter3.10.0
Install libfacter3.10.0 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 libfacter3.10.0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfacter3.10.0
How To Uninstall libfacter3.10.0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libfacter3.10.0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfacter3.10.0
Uninstall libfacter3.10.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfacter3.10.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfacter3.10.0
Remove libfacter3.10.0 Configurations and Data
To remove libfacter3.10.0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfacter3.10.0
Remove libfacter3.10.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfacter3.10.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfacter3.10.0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfacter3.10.0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
