How To Install vagrant-digitalocean on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install vagrant-digitalocean on Ubuntu 20.04. vagrant-digitalocean is Digital Ocean provider for Vagrant

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vagrant-digitalocean on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is vagrant-digitalocean

vagrant-digitalocean is:

vagrant-digitalocean is a Vagrant provider plugin that supports the management of DigitalOcean Droplets (virtual machines).

Features include:

  • Create and destroy Droplets
  • Power on and off Droplets
  • Rebuild a Droplet (destroys and ups with same IP address)
  • Provision a Droplet with shell
  • Setup a SSH public key for authentication
  • Create a new user account during Droplet creation Ruby-Versions: all

There are three methods to install vagrant-digitalocean 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 vagrant-digitalocean Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install vagrant-digitalocean using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vagrant-digitalocean

Install vagrant-digitalocean Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vagrant-digitalocean

Install vagrant-digitalocean 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 vagrant-digitalocean using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vagrant-digitalocean

How To Uninstall vagrant-digitalocean on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the vagrant-digitalocean package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vagrant-digitalocean

Uninstall vagrant-digitalocean And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vagrant-digitalocean and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vagrant-digitalocean

Remove vagrant-digitalocean Configurations and Data

To remove vagrant-digitalocean configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vagrant-digitalocean

Remove vagrant-digitalocean configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vagrant-digitalocean

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vagrant-digitalocean package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.