How To Install libgovirt-common on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgovirt-common on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgovirt-common
libgovirt-common is:
libgovirt is a library that allows applications to use oVirt REST API to list VMs managed by an oVirt instance, and to get the connection parameters needed to make a SPICE/VNC connection to them.
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There are three methods to install libgovirt-common on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgovirt-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgovirt-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgovirt-common
Install libgovirt-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgovirt-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgovirt-common
Install libgovirt-common 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 libgovirt-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgovirt-common
How To Uninstall libgovirt-common on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgovirt-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgovirt-common
Uninstall libgovirt-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgovirt-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgovirt-common
Remove libgovirt-common Configurations and Data
To remove libgovirt-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgovirt-common
Remove libgovirt-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgovirt-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgovirt-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgovirt-common package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
