How To Install oem-config on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install oem-config on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is oem-config
oem-config is:
The oem-config script re-asks a number of questions that are normally asked during installation, and reconfigures the system accordingly. This allows a vendor to install a skeleton system, clone it onto a large number of machines, and ship it to end users, while still allowing end users to set up their own username and password, language, timezone, and so on.
Package: oem-config Architecture: all Version: 20.04.15 Priority: extra Section: admin Source: ubiquity Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Installer Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 239 Depends: oem-config-frontend-20.04.15, procps, ubiquity (= 20.04.15), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0 Filename: pool/main/u/ubiquity/oem-config_20.04.15_all.deb Size: 15364 MD5sum: b3ed3e68d9a2a582cd19a7f471f39331 SHA1: edd9596dc3738e4864e6104ecc6bc9e67dcf4916 SHA256: fb8b1c773524d8551d72cd8a1d2fc7cf850d7c5f52b600f8a148434d17b8658f Description-en: Perform end-user configuration after initial OEM installation The oem-config script re-asks a number of questions that are normally asked during installation, and reconfigures the system accordingly. This allows a vendor to install a skeleton system, clone it onto a large number of machines, and ship it to end users, while still allowing end users to set up their own username and password, language, timezone, and so on.
There are three methods to install oem-config 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 oem-config Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install oem-config using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install oem-config
Install oem-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install oem-config using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install oem-config
Install oem-config 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 oem-config using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install oem-config
How To Uninstall oem-config on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the oem-config package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove oem-config
Uninstall oem-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall oem-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove oem-config
Remove oem-config Configurations and Data
To remove oem-config configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge oem-config
Remove oem-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove oem-config configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oem-config
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install oem-config package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
