How To Install vagrant-hostmanager on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vagrant-hostmanager on Debian 10.
What is vagrant-hostmanager
vagrant-hostmanager is:
vagrant-hostmanager is a Vagrant plugin that manages the hosts file on guest machines (and optionally the host). Its goal is to enable resolution of multi-machine environments deployed with a cloud provider where IP addresses are not known in advance.
There are three methods to install vagrant-hostmanager 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 vagrant-hostmanager Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vagrant-hostmanager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vagrant-hostmanager
Install vagrant-hostmanager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vagrant-hostmanager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vagrant-hostmanager
Install vagrant-hostmanager 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 vagrant-hostmanager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vagrant-hostmanager
How To Uninstall vagrant-hostmanager on Debian 10
To uninstall only the vagrant-hostmanager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vagrant-hostmanager
Uninstall vagrant-hostmanager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vagrant-hostmanager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vagrant-hostmanager
Remove vagrant-hostmanager Configurations and Data
To remove vagrant-hostmanager configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vagrant-hostmanager
Remove vagrant-hostmanager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vagrant-hostmanager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vagrant-hostmanager
Dependencies
vagrant-hostmanager have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vagrant-hostmanager package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.