How To Install mcollective-plugins-puppetd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-puppetd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mcollective-plugins-puppetd
mcollective-plugins-puppetd is:
Simple agent to enable, disable or kick off a runonce of your puppet client daemons.
There are three methods to install mcollective-plugins-puppetd 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-puppetd 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-puppetd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mcollective-plugins-puppetd
Install mcollective-plugins-puppetd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mcollective-plugins-puppetd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mcollective-plugins-puppetd
Install mcollective-plugins-puppetd 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-puppetd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mcollective-plugins-puppetd
How To Uninstall mcollective-plugins-puppetd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mcollective-plugins-puppetd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mcollective-plugins-puppetd
Uninstall mcollective-plugins-puppetd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mcollective-plugins-puppetd 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-puppetd
Remove mcollective-plugins-puppetd Configurations and Data
To remove mcollective-plugins-puppetd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mcollective-plugins-puppetd
Remove mcollective-plugins-puppetd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mcollective-plugins-puppetd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcollective-plugins-puppetd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-plugins-puppetd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
