How To Install mcollective-plugins-filemgr on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-filemgr on Ubuntu 18.04. mcollective-plugins-filemgr is mcollective plugin for file management

Introduction

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

What is mcollective-plugins-filemgr

mcollective-plugins-filemgr is:

This agent let you touch files, delete files or retrieve a bunch of stats about a file.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mcollective-plugins-filemgr

Install mcollective-plugins-filemgr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mcollective-plugins-filemgr

Install mcollective-plugins-filemgr 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-plugins-filemgr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mcollective-plugins-filemgr

How To Uninstall mcollective-plugins-filemgr on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove mcollective-plugins-filemgr

Uninstall mcollective-plugins-filemgr And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mcollective-plugins-filemgr

Remove mcollective-plugins-filemgr Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mcollective-plugins-filemgr

Remove mcollective-plugins-filemgr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcollective-plugins-filemgr

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Summary

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