How To Install python-os-collect-config on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-os-collect-config on Ubuntu 18.04. python-os-collect-config is collect and cache metadata, run hooks on changes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-os-collect-config on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-os-collect-config

python-os-collect-config is:

os-collect-config collects data from defined configuration sources and runs a defined hook whenever the metadata has changed. You must define what sources to collect configuration data from in os-collect-config configuration file at /etc/os-collect-config/sources.ini. These sources will be polled and whenever any of them changes, default.command will be run. A file will be written to the cache dir, os_config_files.json, which will be a json list of the file paths to the current copy of each metadata source. This list will also be set as a colon separated list in the environment variable OS_CONFIG_FILES for the command that is run.

There are three methods to install python-os-collect-config 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 python-os-collect-config Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-os-collect-config using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-os-collect-config

Install python-os-collect-config Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-os-collect-config using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-os-collect-config

Install python-os-collect-config 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 python-os-collect-config using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-os-collect-config

How To Uninstall python-os-collect-config on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-os-collect-config package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-os-collect-config

Uninstall python-os-collect-config And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-os-collect-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-os-collect-config

Remove python-os-collect-config Configurations and Data

To remove python-os-collect-config configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-os-collect-config

Remove python-os-collect-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-os-collect-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-os-collect-config

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-os-collect-config package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.