Install fusioninventory-agent on Ubuntu / Linux Mint

Step 1:  For fusioninventory-agent, you’ll need to install these dependencies:

sudo apt-get install  dmidecode hwdata ucf hdparm perl libuniversal-require-perl libwww-perl libparse-edid-perl libproc-daemon-perl  libproc-pid-file-perl libfile-which-perl libxml-treepp-perl libyaml-perl libnet-cups-perl libnet-ip-perl libdigest-sha-perl libsocket-getaddrinfo-perl libtext-template-perl

Step 2 : For fusioninventory-agent-task-network, you’ll need to install these other dependencies:

  sudo apt-get install nmap libnet-snmp-perl libcrypt-des-perl libnet-nbname-perl

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Step 3 : For fusioninventory-agent-task-deploy, you’ll need to install these other dependencies:

sudo apt-get install libfile-copy-recursive-perl libparallel-forkmanager-perl

Step 4 : Install fusioninventory-agent

sudo apt-get install fusioninventory-agent fusioninventory-agent-task-network fusioninventory-agent-task-deploy fusioninventory-agent-task-esx

Step 5 : Configure the agent : 

sudo nano /etc/fusioninventory/agent.cfg

Uncomment #server = http://server.domain.com/glpi/plugins/fusioninventory/  with 

server = http://server.domain.com/glpi/plugins/fusioninventory/

And, Change your glpi server IP or Host Name with server.domain.com , Save it by Ctrl + X Pressing

Step 6 : Run fusioninventory-agent

sudo fusioninventory-agent