How To Install mcollective-client on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-client on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mcollective-client
mcollective-client is:
The Marionette Collective is a framework for building server orchestration and parallel job execution systems.
This package provides the MCollective client utility:
- mco
There are three methods to install mcollective-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 mcollective-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 mcollective-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mcollective-client
Install mcollective-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mcollective-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mcollective-client
Install mcollective-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 mcollective-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mcollective-client
How To Uninstall mcollective-client on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mcollective-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mcollective-client
Uninstall mcollective-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mcollective-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mcollective-client
Remove mcollective-client Configurations and Data
To remove mcollective-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mcollective-client
Remove mcollective-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mcollective-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcollective-client
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-client package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
