How To Install mcollective-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. mcollective-doc is Marionette Collective clustering framework - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is mcollective-doc

mcollective-doc is:

The Marionette Collective is a framework for building server orchestration and parallel job execution systems.

This package provides documentation for MCollective.

There are three methods to install mcollective-doc 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mcollective-doc

Install mcollective-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mcollective-doc

Install mcollective-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mcollective-doc

How To Uninstall mcollective-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the mcollective-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mcollective-doc

Uninstall mcollective-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mcollective-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mcollective-doc

Remove mcollective-doc Configurations and Data

To remove mcollective-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mcollective-doc

Remove mcollective-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcollective-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.