How To Install puppetmaster on Debian 10

Learn how to install puppetmaster on Debian 10 with this tutorial. puppetmaster is configuration management system, master service - transitional package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install puppetmaster on Debian 10.

What is puppetmaster

puppetmaster is:

This is a transitional package, superseded by puppet-master. It can safely be removed.

There are three methods to install puppetmaster 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 puppetmaster Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install puppetmaster using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install puppetmaster

Install puppetmaster Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install puppetmaster using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install puppetmaster

Install puppetmaster 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 puppetmaster using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install puppetmaster

How To Uninstall puppetmaster on Debian 10

To uninstall only the puppetmaster package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove puppetmaster

Uninstall puppetmaster And Its Dependencies

To uninstall puppetmaster and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove puppetmaster

Remove puppetmaster Configurations and Data

To remove puppetmaster configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge puppetmaster

Remove puppetmaster configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove puppetmaster configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puppetmaster

Dependencies

puppetmaster have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install puppetmaster package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.