How To Install cloud-guest-utils 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 cloud-guest-utils on Ubuntu.
What is cloud-guest-utils
cloud-guest-utils is:
This package contains programs useful inside cloud instance. It contains ‘growpart’ for resizing a partition during boot.
There are three methods to install cloud-guest-utils 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 cloud-guest-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cloud-guest-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cloud-guest-utils
Install cloud-guest-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cloud-guest-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cloud-guest-utils
Install cloud-guest-utils 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 cloud-guest-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cloud-guest-utils
How To Uninstall cloud-guest-utils on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the cloud-guest-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cloud-guest-utils
Uninstall cloud-guest-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cloud-guest-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cloud-guest-utils
Remove cloud-guest-utils Configurations and Data
To remove cloud-guest-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cloud-guest-utils
Remove cloud-guest-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cloud-guest-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cloud-guest-utils
Dependencies
cloud-guest-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cloud-guest-utils package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.