How to Install and Uninstall fai-client Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "fai-client" package

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


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall fai-client on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: fai-client
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 304
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thomas Lange
Architecture: all
Source: fai
Version: 5.0.3ubuntu1
Depends: perl, file, libapt-pkg-perl, iproute2 | iproute, debconf-utils
Recommends: libgraph-perl
Suggests: logtail
Filename: pool/universe/f/fai/fai-client_5.0.3ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 82184
MD5sum: bad2214d976ac81647a1202c2dacfab2
SHA1: 8b9529528b34edc71ecab586e208012e665b1165
SHA256: 7cd106ef65ea260311c2ebf1124ee1aa3a4d2092f6667fd52d465243aab37fd6
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
Homepage: http://fai-project.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu