How To Install sitesummary-client on Debian 10

Learn how to install sitesummary-client on Debian 10 with this tutorial. sitesummary-client is Generate site summary of submitting hosts (client part)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sitesummary-client on Debian 10.

What is sitesummary-client

sitesummary-client is:

The sitesummary system makes it easier to keep track of a lot of machines, by allowing each machine to report their existence once a day to a central collector, and using this collector to make summary reports about the hosts.

This package is the client part, reporting in to the server after boot and once a day.

There are three methods to install sitesummary-client 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 sitesummary-client Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sitesummary-client

Install sitesummary-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sitesummary-client

Install sitesummary-client 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 sitesummary-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sitesummary-client

How To Uninstall sitesummary-client on Debian 10

To uninstall only the sitesummary-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sitesummary-client

Uninstall sitesummary-client And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sitesummary-client

Remove sitesummary-client Configurations and Data

To remove sitesummary-client configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sitesummary-client

Remove sitesummary-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sitesummary-client

Dependencies

sitesummary-client have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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