How To Install puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective on Ubuntu 18.04

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective

puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective is:

Puppet lets you centrally manage every important aspect of your system using a cross-platform specification language that manages all the separate elements normally aggregated in different files, like users, cron jobs, and hosts, along with obviously discrete elements like packages, services, and files.

The mcollective module handles installing and configuring mcollective across a range of operating systems and distributions. Where possible it follows the standards laid down by the MCollective Standard Deployment guide.

There are three methods to install puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective 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-module-puppet-community-mcollective 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-module-puppet-community-mcollective using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective

Install puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective

Install puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective 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-module-puppet-community-mcollective using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective

How To Uninstall puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective

Uninstall puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective And Its Dependencies

To uninstall puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective

Remove puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective Configurations and Data

To remove puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective

Remove puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective

References

• puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective website
• puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective on packages.ubuntu.com

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-module-puppet-community-mcollective package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.