How to Install and Uninstall fai-client Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "fai-client" package

This is a short guide on how to install fai-client on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fai-client
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fai-client" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall fai-client on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fai-client
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fai-client package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: fai-client
Architecture: all
Version: 5.9.4ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Source: fai
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thomas Lange
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 334
Depends: perl, file, libapt-pkg-perl, libfile-lchown-perl, iproute2, debconf-utils, procps
Recommends: libgraph-perl, fdisk | util-linux (<< 2.29.2-3~)
Suggests: logtail
Breaks: fai-nfsroot (<< 5.2)
Replaces: fai-nfsroot (<< 5.2)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fai/fai-client_5.9.4ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 84948
MD5sum: e01fc5424b3db1eac4838e8b4b404f9b
SHA1: fe1688f6ec7dbb6a6d9223e53db79587b30a415e
SHA256: 25544998a1106decabc9f2bd84374864407b562a82efb87224d6902db697fb5a
SHA512: 707f05f2a461174434e957d8892e9bc1db6a18c5677d648a045826bbe55fc9380191f906d7c6de2adbaeb6d35bf38f11b6de5f496f3645199d3e9e30598802e7
Homepage: https://fai-project.org
Description-en: Fully Automatic Installation client package
FAI is a non-interactive system to install, customize and manage
Linux systems and software configurations on computers as well as
virtual machines and chroot environments, from small networks to
large infrastructures and clusters.
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This is the client package for FAI. It contains the parts necessary
to run the softupdate functionality on already installed systems, and
is needed for the dirinstall functionality and others on a FAI server.
Description-md5: d510270ba6a996cf1844db50b57d18b3