How To Install puppet-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-common
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is puppet-common
puppet-common is:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install puppet-common
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install puppet-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install puppet-common
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install puppet-common
Install puppet-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install puppet-common
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install puppet-common
Install puppet-common 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 puppet-common
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install puppet-common
How To Uninstall puppet-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the puppet-common
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove puppet-common
Uninstall puppet-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall puppet-common
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove puppet-common
Remove puppet-common Configurations and Data
To remove puppet-common
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge puppet-common
Remove puppet-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove puppet-common
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puppet-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-common
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.