How To Install pdudaemon on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdudaemon on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is pdudaemon
pdudaemon is:
Pdudaemon provides a standard way of controlling power controllers, which can either be local devices or networked PDUs. On top of that it ensures the control commands to the PDU are executed sequentially to avoid issues with many PDUs in handling multiple parallel requests.
This package provides the daemon
There are three methods to install pdudaemon on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pdudaemon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pdudaemon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pdudaemon
Install pdudaemon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pdudaemon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pdudaemon
Install pdudaemon 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 pdudaemon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pdudaemon
How To Uninstall pdudaemon on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pdudaemon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pdudaemon
Uninstall pdudaemon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pdudaemon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pdudaemon
Remove pdudaemon Configurations and Data
To remove pdudaemon configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pdudaemon
Remove pdudaemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pdudaemon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pdudaemon
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pdudaemon package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.