How To Install cockpit on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is cockpit
cockpit is:
The Cockpit Web Console enables users to administer GNU/Linux servers using a web browser.
It offers network configuration, log inspection, diagnostic reports, SELinux troubleshooting, interactive command-line sessions, and more.
Package: cockpit Architecture: all Version: 215-1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: universe/admin Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 62 Depends: cockpit-bridge (>= 215-1), cockpit-ws (>= 215-1), cockpit-system (>= 215-1) Recommends: cockpit-storaged (>= 215-1), cockpit-networkmanager (>= 215-1), cockpit-dashboard (>= 215-1), cockpit-packagekit (>= 215-1) Suggests: cockpit-doc (>= 215-1), cockpit-pcp (>= 215-1), cockpit-machines (>= 215-1), xdg-utils Filename: pool/universe/c/cockpit/cockpit_215-1_all.deb Size: 17980 MD5sum: f8f2f2de3662bd58277884f25733f330 SHA1: 43fc0c14138eab7c8511753fa958a9313ef569d2 SHA256: 7e3a05b6fb99262c066fbb83b02ed27a01cd2e944adabdf469f891323c337ebc Homepage: https://cockpit-project.org/ Description-en: Web Console for Linux servers The Cockpit Web Console enables users to administer GNU/Linux servers using a web browser.
It offers network configuration, log inspection, diagnostic reports, SELinux troubleshooting, interactive command-line sessions, and more.
There are three methods to install cockpit on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cockpit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cockpit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cockpit
Install cockpit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cockpit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cockpit
Install cockpit 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 cockpit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cockpit
How To Uninstall cockpit on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the cockpit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cockpit
Uninstall cockpit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cockpit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cockpit
Remove cockpit Configurations and Data
To remove cockpit configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cockpit
Remove cockpit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cockpit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cockpit
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
