Cobbler in ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Question

Im trying to install cobbler software, but unable to find the right commands to install on my Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. In one of the commands i found in google there it was unable to find a cobbler package in Ubuntu list of packages. I tried to install from the git hub source also, but still facing difficulty in installing cobbler.

Answer 1

A search in https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/allpackages shows your version of Ubuntu doesn't have a package for Cobbler, although it did have one in 2013. Therefore, you will need to download source from the Cobbler web site to match your current version of Ubuntu, then compile and build it following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingEasyHowTo or https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingSoftware

Answer 2

You could try the next build snapshot as stated here:

sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Pharaoh_Atem:/cobbler-dev/xUbuntu_18.04/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:Pharaoh_Atem:cobbler-dev.list"
wget -nv https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:Pharaoh_Atem:cobbler-dev/xUbuntu_18.04/Release.key -O Release.key
sudo apt-key add - < Release.key
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cobbler

But it states it's for xUbuntu, so maybe, it could require xubuntu-desktop. Package also could be downloaded by link and installed by sudo apt install /home/user/Downloads/cobbler*.deb. Working download link could be found when you click the next build snapshot link. But replace this path by your real path to the .deb installer.