How To Install fai-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fai-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fai-doc
fai-doc 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 documentation for FAI in various formats.
There are three methods to install fai-doc 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fai-doc
Install fai-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fai-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fai-doc
Install fai-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fai-doc
How To Uninstall fai-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fai-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fai-doc
Uninstall fai-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fai-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fai-doc
Remove fai-doc Configurations and Data
To remove fai-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fai-doc
Remove fai-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fai-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fai-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fai-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
