How To Install argonaut-fuse on Ubuntu 21.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install argonaut-fuse

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is argonaut-fuse and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 21.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 21.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install argonaut-fuse on Ubuntu 21.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install argonaut-fuse using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install argonaut-fuse using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install argonaut-fuse

Install argonaut-fuse using apt

Because argonaut-fuse is available in Ubuntu 21.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install argonaut-fuse using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install argonaut-fuse

Install argonaut-fuse 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 21.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install argonaut-fuse by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install argonaut-fuse

How to upgrade (update) a single package argonaut-fuse using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the argonaut-fuse, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install argonaut-fuse

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install argonaut-fuse

How To Uninstall argonaut-fuse from Ubuntu 21.04

To uninstall only the argonaut-fuse package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove argonaut-fuse

Uninstall argonaut-fuse and all its dependencies

To uninstall argonaut-fuse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 21.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove argonaut-fuse

Remove argonaut-fuse with all configurations and data

To remove argonaut-fuse configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge argonaut-fuse

Remove argonaut-fuse completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to argonaut-fuse package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge argonaut-fuse

Extra info and code examples

Client / server system for managing systems in collaboration with FusionDirectory (LDAP directory manager). Argonaut also allows interface with deployment tools such as FAI (Fully Automated Install) or OPSI (Open PC Server Integration). Argonaut-fuse is a modular fuse-tftp-supplicant written in Perl which allows one to create pxelinux configurations for different types of clients using external modules.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install argonaut-fuse using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the argonaut-fuse from Ubuntu 21.04.

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