How To Install librarian-puppet on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librarian-puppet on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is librarian-puppet
librarian-puppet is:
Simplify deployment of your Puppet infrastructure by automatically pulling in modules from the forge and git repositories with a single command.
There are three methods to install librarian-puppet 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 librarian-puppet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install librarian-puppet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librarian-puppet
Install librarian-puppet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librarian-puppet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librarian-puppet
Install librarian-puppet 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 librarian-puppet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librarian-puppet
How To Uninstall librarian-puppet on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the librarian-puppet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librarian-puppet
Uninstall librarian-puppet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librarian-puppet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librarian-puppet
Remove librarian-puppet Configurations and Data
To remove librarian-puppet configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librarian-puppet
Remove librarian-puppet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librarian-puppet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librarian-puppet
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librarian-puppet package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
