How To Install ansible-core on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible-core on Ubuntu 22.04. ansible-core is Configuration management, deployment, and task execution system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible-core on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is ansible-core

ansible-core is:

Ansible is a radically simple model-driven configuration management, multi-node deployment, and remote task execution system. Ansible works over SSH and does not require any software or daemons to be installed on remote nodes. Extension modules can be written in any language and are transferred to managed machines automatically.

This package contains the ansible binaries.

There are three methods to install ansible-core 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 ansible-core Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ansible-core

Install ansible-core Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ansible-core

Install ansible-core 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 ansible-core using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ansible-core

How To Uninstall ansible-core on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the ansible-core package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ansible-core

Uninstall ansible-core And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ansible-core

Remove ansible-core Configurations and Data

To remove ansible-core configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ansible-core

Remove ansible-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ansible-core

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Summary

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