How To Install foremancli 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 foremancli on Ubuntu.
What is foremancli
foremancli is:
This is a commandline tool for searching node information stored in a Foreman server.
foremancli can be used to search and access all the stored information in a Foreman server and present the data in text, json or yaml formats.
Foreman is a server application that can be used to provision bare metal, virtual and cloud servers, and integrates with the Puppet configuration management system to provide full life cycle managements of one’s server infrastructure.
There are three methods to install foremancli 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 foremancli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install foremancli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install foremancli
Install foremancli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install foremancli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install foremancli
Install foremancli 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 foremancli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install foremancli
How To Uninstall foremancli on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the foremancli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove foremancli
Uninstall foremancli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall foremancli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove foremancli
Remove foremancli Configurations and Data
To remove foremancli configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge foremancli
Remove foremancli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove foremancli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge foremancli
Dependencies
foremancli have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install foremancli package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.