How To Install dracut-network 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 dracut-network on Ubuntu.
What is dracut-network
dracut-network is:
Package to build a dracut initramfs with network support. This includes dracut modules for NFS, CIFS, iSCSI, HTTP, NBD, FCP and FCOE.
There are three methods to install dracut-network 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 dracut-network Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dracut-network using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dracut-network
Install dracut-network Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dracut-network using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dracut-network
Install dracut-network 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 dracut-network using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dracut-network
How To Uninstall dracut-network on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the dracut-network package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dracut-network
Uninstall dracut-network And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dracut-network and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dracut-network
Remove dracut-network Configurations and Data
To remove dracut-network configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dracut-network
Remove dracut-network configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dracut-network configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dracut-network
Dependencies
dracut-network have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-network package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.