How To Install skopeo 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 skopeo on Ubuntu.
What is skopeo
skopeo is:
skopeo is a command line utility that performs various operations on container images and image repositories.
skopeo can work with OCI images (https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec) as well as the original Docker v2 images.
There are three methods to install skopeo 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 skopeo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install skopeo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install skopeo
Install skopeo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install skopeo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install skopeo
Install skopeo 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 skopeo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install skopeo
How To Uninstall skopeo on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the skopeo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove skopeo
Uninstall skopeo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall skopeo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove skopeo
Remove skopeo Configurations and Data
To remove skopeo configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge skopeo
Remove skopeo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove skopeo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge skopeo
Dependencies
skopeo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install skopeo package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.