How To Install buildah 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 buildah on Ubuntu.
What is buildah
buildah is:
The Buildah package provides a command line tool that can be used to
- create a working container, either from scratch or using an image as a starting point
- create an image, either from a working container or via the instructions in a Dockerfile
- images can be built in either the OCI image format or the traditional upstream docker image format
- mount a working container’s root filesystem for manipulation
- unmount a working container’s root filesystem
- use the updated contents of a container’s root filesystem as a filesystem layer to create a new image
- delete a working container or an image
- rename a local container
This package contains the buildah command-line utility and provides an interface similar to the ‘docker’ command.
There are three methods to install buildah 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 buildah Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install buildah using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install buildah
Install buildah Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install buildah using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install buildah
Install buildah 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 buildah using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install buildah
How To Uninstall buildah on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the buildah package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove buildah
Uninstall buildah And Its Dependencies
To uninstall buildah and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove buildah
Remove buildah Configurations and Data
To remove buildah configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge buildah
Remove buildah configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove buildah configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge buildah
Dependencies
buildah have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install buildah package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.