How To Install joyent-mdata-client on Ubuntu 22.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install joyent-mdata-client on Ubuntu 22.04. joyent-mdata-client is metadata client for use on SmartOS hyper-visor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install joyent-mdata-client on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is joyent-mdata-client

joyent-mdata-client is:

In-guest tools for interacting with the SmartOS hyper-visor datasource.
These tools allows you to get, list and put key/value pairs with the
SmartOS datasource.

There are three methods to install joyent-mdata-client 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 joyent-mdata-client Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install joyent-mdata-client using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install joyent-mdata-client

Install joyent-mdata-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install joyent-mdata-client using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install joyent-mdata-client

Install joyent-mdata-client 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 joyent-mdata-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install joyent-mdata-client

How To Uninstall joyent-mdata-client on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the joyent-mdata-client package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove joyent-mdata-client

Uninstall joyent-mdata-client And Its Dependencies

To uninstall joyent-mdata-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove joyent-mdata-client

Remove joyent-mdata-client Configurations and Data

To remove joyent-mdata-client configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge joyent-mdata-client

Remove joyent-mdata-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove joyent-mdata-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge joyent-mdata-client

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install joyent-mdata-client package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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