How To Install linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04
linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04 is:
This package will always depend on linux-headers-generic.
Package: linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04 Architecture: amd64 Version: 5.4.0.26.32 Priority: optional Section: kernel Source: linux-meta Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 17 Depends: linux-headers-generic-hwe-20.04 (= 5.4.0.26.32) Filename: pool/main/l/linux-meta/linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04_5.4.0.26.32_amd64.deb Size: 1860 MD5sum: a9c0eb2b63fcc91ad3b7ebff7789d5d5 SHA1: a5cce00b46c9ed6261bffae5e7e7a0dccc6d13dd SHA256: c07adeb88b601d1ec9d19899e66ef5813f2be3f7738422e67764f6e2e2c000d9 Description-en: Virtual Linux kernel headers This package will always depend on linux-headers-generic.
There are three methods to install linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04 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-virtual-hwe-20.04 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-virtual-hwe-20.04 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04
Install linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04
Install linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04 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-virtual-hwe-20.04 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04
How To Uninstall linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04
Uninstall linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04 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-virtual-hwe-20.04
Remove linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04 Configurations and Data
To remove linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04
Remove linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-headers-virtual-hwe-20.04 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
