How To Install libvirt-dbus on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-dbus
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libvirt-dbus
libvirt-dbus is:
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The library aims at providing a long term stable C API for different virtualization mechanisms. It currently supports QEMU, KVM, XEN, OpenVZ, LXC, and VirtualBox.
This package provides access to the libvirt API through D-Bus.
There are three methods to install libvirt-dbus
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvirt-dbus Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-dbus
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-dbus
Install libvirt-dbus Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-dbus
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvirt-dbus
Install libvirt-dbus 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 libvirt-dbus
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-dbus
How To Uninstall libvirt-dbus on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libvirt-dbus
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvirt-dbus
Uninstall libvirt-dbus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvirt-dbus
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirt-dbus
Remove libvirt-dbus Configurations and Data
To remove libvirt-dbus
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-dbus
Remove libvirt-dbus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvirt-dbus
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-dbus
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-dbus
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.