How To Install bubblewrap on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bubblewrap on Ubuntu.
What is bubblewrap
bubblewrap is:
bubblewrap uses Linux namespaces to launch unprivileged containers. These containers can be used to sandbox semi-trusted applications such as Flatpak apps, image/video thumbnailers and web browser components, or to run programs in a different library stack such as a Flatpak runtime or a different Debian release.
By default, this package relies on a kernel with user namespaces enabled. Official Debian and Ubuntu kernels are suitable.
On kernels without user namespaces, system administrators can make the bwrap executable setuid root, allowing it to create unprivileged containers even though ordinary user processes cannot.
There are three methods to install bubblewrap on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bubblewrap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bubblewrap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bubblewrap
Install bubblewrap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bubblewrap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bubblewrap
Install bubblewrap 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 bubblewrap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bubblewrap
How To Uninstall bubblewrap on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the bubblewrap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bubblewrap
Uninstall bubblewrap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bubblewrap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bubblewrap
Remove bubblewrap Configurations and Data
To remove bubblewrap configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bubblewrap
Remove bubblewrap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bubblewrap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bubblewrap
Dependencies
bubblewrap have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bubblewrap package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.