How To Install mcollective-plugins-puppetca on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-puppetca on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mcollective-plugins-puppetca
mcollective-plugins-puppetca is:
This agent lets you sign, list, revoke and clean certificates on your Puppet Certificate Authorities
There are three methods to install mcollective-plugins-puppetca 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-puppetca 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-puppetca using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mcollective-plugins-puppetca
Install mcollective-plugins-puppetca Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mcollective-plugins-puppetca using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mcollective-plugins-puppetca
Install mcollective-plugins-puppetca 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-puppetca using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mcollective-plugins-puppetca
How To Uninstall mcollective-plugins-puppetca on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mcollective-plugins-puppetca package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mcollective-plugins-puppetca
Uninstall mcollective-plugins-puppetca And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mcollective-plugins-puppetca 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-puppetca
Remove mcollective-plugins-puppetca Configurations and Data
To remove mcollective-plugins-puppetca configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mcollective-plugins-puppetca
Remove mcollective-plugins-puppetca configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mcollective-plugins-puppetca configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcollective-plugins-puppetca
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-puppetca package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.