How To Install ara-client on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ara-client on Ubuntu 22.04. ara-client is ARA Records Ansible - Client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ara-client on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is ara-client

ara-client is:

ARA saves playbook results to a local or remote database by using an Ansible callback plugin and provides an API to integrate this data in tools and interfaces.

This package is ARA client metapackage.

There are three methods to install ara-client 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 ara-client Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ara-client

Install ara-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ara-client

Install ara-client 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 ara-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ara-client

How To Uninstall ara-client on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the ara-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ara-client

Uninstall ara-client And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ara-client

Remove ara-client Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ara-client

Remove ara-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ara-client

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Summary

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