How To Install mcollective-plugins-process on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-process on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mcollective-plugins-process
mcollective-plugins-process is:
An agent that can be used for process management like the Unix pgrep, kill and pkill
There are three methods to install mcollective-plugins-process 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-process 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-process using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mcollective-plugins-process
Install mcollective-plugins-process Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mcollective-plugins-process using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mcollective-plugins-process
Install mcollective-plugins-process 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-process using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mcollective-plugins-process
How To Uninstall mcollective-plugins-process on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mcollective-plugins-process package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mcollective-plugins-process
Uninstall mcollective-plugins-process And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mcollective-plugins-process 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-process
Remove mcollective-plugins-process Configurations and Data
To remove mcollective-plugins-process configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mcollective-plugins-process
Remove mcollective-plugins-process configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mcollective-plugins-process configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcollective-plugins-process
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-process package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
