How To Install sitesummary-makewebreport on Ubuntu 22.04

One-liner install command

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

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install sitesummary

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

What is sitesummary-makewebreport and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 22.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 22.04 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 sitesummary-makewebreport on Ubuntu 22.04. 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 sitesummary-makewebreport 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 sitesummary-makewebreport using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sitesummary

Install sitesummary-makewebreport using apt

Because sitesummary-makewebreport is available in Ubuntu 22.04’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 sitesummary-makewebreport using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sitesummary

Install sitesummary-makewebreport 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 22.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install sitesummary-makewebreport by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sitesummary

How to upgrade (update) a single package sitesummary-makewebreport 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 sitesummary-makewebreport, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install sitesummary

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 sitesummary

How To Uninstall sitesummary-makewebreport from Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the sitesummary-makewebreport package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sitesummary

Uninstall sitesummary-makewebreport and all its dependencies

To uninstall sitesummary-makewebreport and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sitesummary

Remove sitesummary-makewebreport with all configurations and data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sitesummary

Remove sitesummary-makewebreport completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sitesummary

Extra info and code examples

The sitesummary system makes it easier to keep track of a lot of machines, by allowing each machine to report their existence once a day to a central collector, and using this collector to make summary reports about the hosts. This package is the server part, with the collector and report scripts.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install sitesummary-makewebreport using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the sitesummary-makewebreport from Ubuntu 22.04.

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