Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fusioninventory-agent-task-esx on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is fusioninventory-agent-task-esx
fusioninventory-agent-task-esx is:
Do remote inventory of your ESX, ESXi, vCenter server using the SOAP interface.
You can import the generated .ocs files in:
- GLPI with FusionInventory for GLPI
- ocsinventory
- Uranos
This module can also be controlled from GLPI using the FusionInventory for GLPI
plugin.
There are three methods to install fusioninventory-agent-task-esx on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fusioninventory-agent-task-esx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fusioninventory-agent-task-esx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fusioninventory-agent-task-esx
Install fusioninventory-agent-task-esx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fusioninventory-agent-task-esx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fusioninventory-agent-task-esx
Install fusioninventory-agent-task-esx 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. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fusioninventory-agent-task-esx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fusioninventory-agent-task-esx
How To Uninstall fusioninventory-agent-task-esx on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the fusioninventory-agent-task-esx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fusioninventory-agent-task-esx
Uninstall fusioninventory-agent-task-esx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fusioninventory-agent-task-esx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fusioninventory-agent-task-esx
Remove fusioninventory-agent-task-esx Configurations and Data
To remove fusioninventory-agent-task-esx configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fusioninventory-agent-task-esx
Remove fusioninventory-agent-task-esx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fusioninventory-agent-task-esx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fusioninventory-agent-task-esx
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fusioninventory-agent-task-esx package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
