How To Install nbdkit-plugin-guestfs 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 nbdkit-plugin-guestfs on Ubuntu.
What is nbdkit-plugin-guestfs
nbdkit-plugin-guestfs is:
nbdkit-guestfs-plugin is an nbdkit(1) plugin that makes the contents of disk images accessible over NBD.
There are three methods to install nbdkit-plugin-guestfs 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 nbdkit-plugin-guestfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nbdkit-plugin-guestfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nbdkit-plugin-guestfs
Install nbdkit-plugin-guestfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nbdkit-plugin-guestfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nbdkit-plugin-guestfs
Install nbdkit-plugin-guestfs 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 nbdkit-plugin-guestfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nbdkit-plugin-guestfs
How To Uninstall nbdkit-plugin-guestfs on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the nbdkit-plugin-guestfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nbdkit-plugin-guestfs
Uninstall nbdkit-plugin-guestfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nbdkit-plugin-guestfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nbdkit-plugin-guestfs
Remove nbdkit-plugin-guestfs Configurations and Data
To remove nbdkit-plugin-guestfs configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nbdkit-plugin-guestfs
Remove nbdkit-plugin-guestfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nbdkit-plugin-guestfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nbdkit-plugin-guestfs
Dependencies
nbdkit-plugin-guestfs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-plugin-guestfs package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.