How To Install mcollective-common on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 349 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-common on Ubuntu.
What is mcollective-common
mcollective-common is:
The Marionette Collective is a framework for building server orchestration and parallel job execution systems.
This package provides common files for MCollective.
There are three methods to install mcollective-common 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 mcollective-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mcollective-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mcollective-common
Install mcollective-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mcollective-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mcollective-common
Install mcollective-common 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 mcollective-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mcollective-common
How To Uninstall mcollective-common on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the mcollective-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mcollective-common
Uninstall mcollective-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mcollective-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mcollective-common
Remove mcollective-common Configurations and Data
To remove mcollective-common configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mcollective-common
Remove mcollective-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mcollective-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mcollective-common
Dependencies
mcollective-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mcollective-common package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.