How To Install hiera 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 hiera on Ubuntu.
What is hiera
hiera is:
ruby-hiera is a simple pluggable hierarchical database. It can be used to store various information and therefore is a good fit for the representation of infrastructure information. It can be used to query multiple data backends e.g. YAML or Puppet.
There are three methods to install hiera 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 hiera Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hiera using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hiera
Install hiera Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hiera using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hiera
Install hiera 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 hiera using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hiera
How To Uninstall hiera on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the hiera package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hiera
Uninstall hiera And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hiera and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hiera
Remove hiera Configurations and Data
To remove hiera configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hiera
Remove hiera configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hiera configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hiera
Dependencies
hiera have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hiera package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.