How To Install wraplinux 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 wraplinux on Ubuntu.
What is wraplinux
wraplinux is:
wraplinux is a tool to wrap an x86 Linux kernel and one or more initrd files into asingle file in ELF or NBI format, as required by some booting protocols.
There are three methods to install wraplinux 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 wraplinux Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wraplinux using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wraplinux
Install wraplinux Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wraplinux using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wraplinux
Install wraplinux 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 wraplinux using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wraplinux
How To Uninstall wraplinux on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the wraplinux package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wraplinux
Uninstall wraplinux And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wraplinux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wraplinux
Remove wraplinux Configurations and Data
To remove wraplinux configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wraplinux
Remove wraplinux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wraplinux configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wraplinux
Dependencies
wraplinux have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wraplinux package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.