How To Install cloud-initramfs-rooturl 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-initramfs-rooturl on Ubuntu.
What is cloud-initramfs-rooturl
cloud-initramfs-rooturl is:
Allows user to pass in root=http://example.com/your.tar.gz Root filesystem will be tmpfs from that url.
There are three methods to install cloud-initramfs-rooturl 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-initramfs-rooturl 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-initramfs-rooturl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cloud-initramfs-rooturl
Install cloud-initramfs-rooturl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cloud-initramfs-rooturl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cloud-initramfs-rooturl
Install cloud-initramfs-rooturl 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-initramfs-rooturl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cloud-initramfs-rooturl
How To Uninstall cloud-initramfs-rooturl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the cloud-initramfs-rooturl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cloud-initramfs-rooturl
Uninstall cloud-initramfs-rooturl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cloud-initramfs-rooturl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cloud-initramfs-rooturl
Remove cloud-initramfs-rooturl Configurations and Data
To remove cloud-initramfs-rooturl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cloud-initramfs-rooturl
Remove cloud-initramfs-rooturl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cloud-initramfs-rooturl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cloud-initramfs-rooturl
Dependencies
cloud-initramfs-rooturl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cloud-initramfs-rooturl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.