How To Install dell-recovery-casper on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dell-recovery-casper on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dell-recovery-casper
dell-recovery-casper is:
This package provides hooks to allow the dell-recovery bootstrap to run directly from casper without any other modifications to the media.
There are three methods to install dell-recovery-casper 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 dell-recovery-casper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dell-recovery-casper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dell-recovery-casper
Install dell-recovery-casper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dell-recovery-casper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dell-recovery-casper
Install dell-recovery-casper 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 dell-recovery-casper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dell-recovery-casper
How To Uninstall dell-recovery-casper on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dell-recovery-casper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dell-recovery-casper
Uninstall dell-recovery-casper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dell-recovery-casper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dell-recovery-casper
Remove dell-recovery-casper Configurations and Data
To remove dell-recovery-casper configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dell-recovery-casper
Remove dell-recovery-casper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dell-recovery-casper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dell-recovery-casper
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dell-recovery-casper package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
