How To Install puppet-master-passenger on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-master-passenger on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is puppet-master-passenger
puppet-master-passenger is:
Puppet is a configuration management system that allows you to define the state of your IT infrastructure, then automatically enforces the correct state.
This package provides configuration for apache2 with mod_passenger, suitable for large deployments. This offers better scalability than the “puppet-master” package.
There are three methods to install puppet-master-passenger 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 puppet-master-passenger 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-master-passenger using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install puppet-master-passenger
Install puppet-master-passenger Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install puppet-master-passenger using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install puppet-master-passenger
Install puppet-master-passenger 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-master-passenger using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install puppet-master-passenger
How To Uninstall puppet-master-passenger on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the puppet-master-passenger package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove puppet-master-passenger
Uninstall puppet-master-passenger And Its Dependencies
To uninstall puppet-master-passenger and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove puppet-master-passenger
Remove puppet-master-passenger Configurations and Data
To remove puppet-master-passenger configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge puppet-master-passenger
Remove puppet-master-passenger configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove puppet-master-passenger configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puppet-master-passenger
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-master-passenger package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
