How To Install fai-nfsroot on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fai-nfsroot on Ubuntu 18.04. fai-nfsroot is Fully Automatic Installation nfsroot package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fai-nfsroot on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is fai-nfsroot

fai-nfsroot 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 package contains the software that is only needed in the FAI nfsroot. Do not install this package on a normal machine.

There are three methods to install fai-nfsroot 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-nfsroot 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-nfsroot using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fai-nfsroot

Install fai-nfsroot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fai-nfsroot using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fai-nfsroot

Install fai-nfsroot 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-nfsroot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fai-nfsroot

How To Uninstall fai-nfsroot on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the fai-nfsroot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fai-nfsroot

Uninstall fai-nfsroot And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fai-nfsroot

Remove fai-nfsroot Configurations and Data

To remove fai-nfsroot configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fai-nfsroot

Remove fai-nfsroot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fai-nfsroot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fai-nfsroot

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Summary

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