How To Install systemd-container 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 systemd-container on Ubuntu.

What is `systemd-container`

systemd-container is:

This package provides systemd’s tools for nspawn and container/VM management:

systemd-nspawn
systemd-machined and machinectl
systemd-importd
systemd-portabled and portablectl

There are three methods to install systemd-container 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 systemd-container Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install systemd-container using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install systemd-container

Install systemd-container Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install systemd-container using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install systemd-container

Install systemd-container 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 systemd-container using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install systemd-container

How To Uninstall systemd-container on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the systemd-container package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove systemd-container

Uninstall systemd-container And Its Dependencies

To uninstall systemd-container and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove systemd-container

Remove systemd-container Configurations and Data

To remove systemd-container configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge systemd-container

Remove systemd-container configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove systemd-container configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge systemd-container

Dependencies

systemd-container have the following dependencies:

References

systemd-container website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install systemd-container package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.