How To Install fai-client on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fai-client on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fai-client
fai-client is:
FAI is a non-interactive system to install, customize and manage Linux systems and software configurations on computers as well as virtual machines and chroot environments, from small networks to large infrastructures and clusters.
This is the client package for FAI. It contains the parts necessary to run the softupdate functionality on already installed systems, and is needed for the dirinstall functionality and others on a FAI server.
There are three methods to install fai-client 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 fai-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 fai-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fai-client
Install fai-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fai-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fai-client
Install fai-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fai-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fai-client
How To Uninstall fai-client on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fai-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fai-client
Uninstall fai-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fai-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fai-client
Remove fai-client Configurations and Data
To remove fai-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fai-client
Remove fai-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fai-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fai-client
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fai-client package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
