How To Install cipux-object-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cipux-object-tools on Ubuntu 18.04. cipux-object-tools is Commandline object-related tools for CipUX

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cipux-object-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is cipux-object-tools

cipux-object-tools is:

CipUX is a modular framework for information abstraction and administration, primarily aimed at administration of users, groups and organisational resources stored in a central LDAP database.

This package contains commandline tools to interact with the object layer of CipUX.

There are three methods to install cipux-object-tools 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 cipux-object-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cipux-object-tools

Install cipux-object-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cipux-object-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cipux-object-tools

Install cipux-object-tools 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 cipux-object-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cipux-object-tools

How To Uninstall cipux-object-tools on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the cipux-object-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cipux-object-tools

Uninstall cipux-object-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cipux-object-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cipux-object-tools

Remove cipux-object-tools Configurations and Data

To remove cipux-object-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cipux-object-tools

Remove cipux-object-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cipux-object-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cipux-object-tools

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Summary

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