How To Install cockpit-bridge on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cockpit-bridge on Ubuntu.

What is `cockpit-bridge`

cockpit-bridge is:

The Cockpit bridge component installed server side and runs commands on the system on behalf of the web based user interface.

There are three methods to install cockpit-bridge on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cockpit-bridge Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cockpit-bridge

Install cockpit-bridge Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cockpit-bridge

Install cockpit-bridge 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 cockpit-bridge using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cockpit-bridge

How To Uninstall cockpit-bridge on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the cockpit-bridge package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cockpit-bridge

Uninstall cockpit-bridge And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cockpit-bridge

Remove cockpit-bridge Configurations and Data

To remove cockpit-bridge configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cockpit-bridge

Remove cockpit-bridge configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cockpit-bridge

Dependencies

cockpit-bridge have the following dependencies:

References

cockpit-bridge website

Summary

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