Complete Guide: Installing bcfg2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2025

1. Install "bcfg2" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install bcfg2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bcfg2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bcfg2" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall bcfg2 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bcfg2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bcfg2 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: bcfg2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 645
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Arto Jantunen
Architecture: all
Version: 1.3.5-4ubuntu1
Depends: python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), debsums, python-apt (>= 0.7.91), ucf, lsb-base (>= 3.1-9)
Filename: pool/universe/b/bcfg2/bcfg2_1.3.5-4ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 121252
MD5sum: e81d6c71864e2aff302472e6456a6caf
SHA1: 1f6342a22b650cd5bfff90c0062499b9155da75a
SHA256: ed2245b42d0559a79062826b64fea5cd0a925b073f9b9a4d9434f6397eb35132
Description-en: Configuration management client
Bcfg2 is a configuration management system that generates configuration sets
for clients bound by client profiles.
bcfg2 is the client portion of bcfg2 system which installs configuration
images provided by bcfg2-server
Description-md5: 74e6c01055382ecfc3cc6934544e1ab2
Homepage: http://bcfg2.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu