How To Install argonaut-fusioninventory on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install argonaut-fusioninventory on Ubuntu 22.04. argonaut-fusioninventory is Argonaut (scripts to generate the FusionInventory schema)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install argonaut-fusioninventory on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is argonaut-fusioninventory

argonaut-fusioninventory is:

Client / server system for managing systems in collaboration with FusionDirectory (LDAP directory manager). Argonaut also allows interface with deployment tools such as FAI (Fully Automated Install) or OPSI (Open PC Server Integration).

Script to generate the inventory.schema from FusionInventory internals.

There are three methods to install argonaut-fusioninventory 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 argonaut-fusioninventory Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install argonaut-fusioninventory

Install argonaut-fusioninventory Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install argonaut-fusioninventory

Install argonaut-fusioninventory 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 argonaut-fusioninventory using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install argonaut-fusioninventory

How To Uninstall argonaut-fusioninventory on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the argonaut-fusioninventory package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove argonaut-fusioninventory

Uninstall argonaut-fusioninventory And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove argonaut-fusioninventory

Remove argonaut-fusioninventory Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge argonaut-fusioninventory

Remove argonaut-fusioninventory configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge argonaut-fusioninventory

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Summary

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