How To Install facterdb on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install facterdb on Ubuntu 22.04. facterdb is Database of OS facts provided by Facter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install facterdb on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is facterdb

facterdb is:

facterdb is a library and tool that contains facts from many Facter version on many Operating Systems. It is very useful for providing context to spec tests for Puppet manifests in order to simulate running tests on many different platforms.

There are three methods to install facterdb on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install facterdb Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install facterdb

Install facterdb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install facterdb using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install facterdb

Install facterdb 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 facterdb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install facterdb

How To Uninstall facterdb on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the facterdb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove facterdb

Uninstall facterdb And Its Dependencies

To uninstall facterdb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove facterdb

Remove facterdb Configurations and Data

To remove facterdb configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge facterdb

Remove facterdb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge facterdb

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install facterdb package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.