How To Install system-config-kickstart on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-kickstart on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is system-config-kickstart
system-config-kickstart is:
Kickstart Configurator is a graphical tool for creating Kickstart files, which allow scripted fully automatic installations.
There are three methods to install system-config-kickstart 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 system-config-kickstart Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install system-config-kickstart using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install system-config-kickstart
Install system-config-kickstart Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install system-config-kickstart using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install system-config-kickstart
Install system-config-kickstart 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 system-config-kickstart using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install system-config-kickstart
How To Uninstall system-config-kickstart on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the system-config-kickstart package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove system-config-kickstart
Uninstall system-config-kickstart And Its Dependencies
To uninstall system-config-kickstart and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove system-config-kickstart
Remove system-config-kickstart Configurations and Data
To remove system-config-kickstart configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge system-config-kickstart
Remove system-config-kickstart configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove system-config-kickstart configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge system-config-kickstart
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-kickstart package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
