How To Install ocsinventory-agent on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocsinventory-agent on Debian 10.
What is ocsinventory-agent
ocsinventory-agent is:
Open Computer and Software Inventory Next Generation is an application designed to help a network or system administrator to keep track of the hardware and software configurations of computers that are installed on the network. It also allows deploying software, scripts and files on client computers.
This package contains the client part.
There are three methods to install ocsinventory-agent on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ocsinventory-agent Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ocsinventory-agent using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ocsinventory-agent
Install ocsinventory-agent Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ocsinventory-agent using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ocsinventory-agent
Install ocsinventory-agent 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ocsinventory-agent using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ocsinventory-agent
How To Uninstall ocsinventory-agent on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ocsinventory-agent package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ocsinventory-agent
Uninstall ocsinventory-agent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ocsinventory-agent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ocsinventory-agent
Remove ocsinventory-agent Configurations and Data
To remove ocsinventory-agent configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ocsinventory-agent
Remove ocsinventory-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ocsinventory-agent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ocsinventory-agent
Dependencies
ocsinventory-agent have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- debconf
- perl
- debconf
- fdisk
- libcrypt-ssleay-perl
- libnet-ip-perl
- libproc-daemon-perl
- libxml-simple-perl
- libwww-perl
- ucf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ocsinventory-agent package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.