How To Install linux-headers-gke on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-headers-gke on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-headers-gke
linux-headers-gke is:
This package will always depend on the latest Google Container Engine (GKE) kernel headers available.
Package: linux-headers-gke Architecture: amd64 Version: 5.4.0.1009.9 Priority: optional Section: kernel Source: linux-meta-gcp Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 12 Depends: linux-headers-5.4.0-1009-gcp Filename: pool/main/l/linux-meta-gcp/linux-headers-gke_5.4.0.1009.9_amd64.deb Size: 2688 MD5sum: e96e231bea4cb79de0119805844e02f3 SHA1: e873d7d6ca3d3f6d0f6f45872e977b25241df047 SHA256: a3fdef0e0d0ba7dfb0e8660dcd0c8be938c5003315e7144fda69e503f7e75e49 Description-en: Google Container Engine (GKE) Linux kernel headers This package will always depend on the latest Google Container Engine (GKE) kernel headers available.
There are three methods to install linux-headers-gke 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 linux-headers-gke Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-headers-gke using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-gke
Install linux-headers-gke Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-headers-gke using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-headers-gke
Install linux-headers-gke 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 linux-headers-gke using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-headers-gke
How To Uninstall linux-headers-gke on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-headers-gke package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-gke
Uninstall linux-headers-gke And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-headers-gke and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-headers-gke
Remove linux-headers-gke Configurations and Data
To remove linux-headers-gke configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-headers-gke
Remove linux-headers-gke configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-headers-gke configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-headers-gke
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-headers-gke package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
