How To Install ionit on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ionit on Ubuntu 22.04. ionit is Render configuration files from Jinja templates

Introduction

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

What is ionit

ionit is:

ionit is a simple and small configuration templating tool. It collects a context and renders Jinja templates in a given directory. The context can be either static JSON or YAML files or dynamic Python files. Python files can also define functions passed through to the rendering.

ionit comes with an early boot one shot service that is executed before the networking service which allows one to generate configurations files for the networking and other services before they are started. In this regard, ionit can act as tiny stepbrother of cloud-init.

There are three methods to install ionit 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 ionit Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ionit

Install ionit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ionit

Install ionit 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 ionit using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ionit

How To Uninstall ionit on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ionit

Uninstall ionit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ionit

Remove ionit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ionit

Remove ionit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ionit

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Summary

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