How to Install and Uninstall facter Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "facter" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install facter on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall facter on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: facter
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 378
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Puppet Package Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 2.4.6-1
Depends: bind9-host | host, net-tools, ruby-json, ruby | ruby-interpreter
Recommends: pciutils, dmidecode, virt-what
Filename: pool/universe/f/facter/facter_2.4.6-1_all.deb
Size: 75098
MD5sum: f1c025de2c3152061d6db732fd4bbdf1
SHA1: 13ac4157b77a45761d412d0c5758010e42ba34a7
SHA256: f890613adf98408c790f201626256b0c452943a28642ddd0618f52767ab748a5
Description-en: collect and display facts about the system
A cross-platform Ruby library for retrieving facts from operating systems.
Supports multiple resolution mechanisms, any of which can be restricted to
working only on certain operating systems or environments. Facter is
especially useful for retrieving things like operating system names, IP
addresses, MAC addresses, and SSH keys.
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It is easy to extend Facter to include your own custom facts or to include
additional mechanisms for retrieving facts.
Description-md5: aa6eefd05a936ac36b8b75f91c9a65ce
Homepage: https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/FACT/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu