How To Install hibagent on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hibagent on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is hibagent
hibagent is:
Agent that triggers hibernation on EC2 instances when they receive instance stop notifications
There are three methods to install hibagent 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 hibagent Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hibagent using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hibagent
Install hibagent Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hibagent using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hibagent
Install hibagent 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 hibagent using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hibagent
How To Uninstall hibagent on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the hibagent package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hibagent
Uninstall hibagent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hibagent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hibagent
Remove hibagent Configurations and Data
To remove hibagent configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hibagent
Remove hibagent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hibagent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hibagent
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hibagent package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
