How To Install libfacter3.14.12 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 libfacter3.14.12 on Ubuntu.

What is `libfacter3.14.12`

libfacter3.14.12 is:

Facter is Puppet’s cross-platform system profiling library. It discovers and reports per-node facts, which are collected by the Puppet agent and are made available in Puppet manifests as variables. Facter comes with a number of built-in facts providing information about the operating system, hardware, SSH keys, etc., but is also easily extensible through the following interfaces:

Through custom facts using Facter’s Ruby API.
Through `external’ facts which can be either executables, or static data files.

This package contains the core shared library implementing most of Facter’s functionality.

There are three methods to install libfacter3.14.12 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 libfacter3.14.12 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfacter3.14.12 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfacter3.14.12

Install libfacter3.14.12 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfacter3.14.12 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfacter3.14.12

Install libfacter3.14.12 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 libfacter3.14.12 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfacter3.14.12

How To Uninstall libfacter3.14.12 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libfacter3.14.12 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfacter3.14.12

Uninstall libfacter3.14.12 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfacter3.14.12 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfacter3.14.12

Remove libfacter3.14.12 Configurations and Data

To remove libfacter3.14.12 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfacter3.14.12

Remove libfacter3.14.12 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfacter3.14.12 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfacter3.14.12

Dependencies

libfacter3.14.12 have the following dependencies:

References

libfacter3.14.12 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfacter3.14.12 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.