How To Install linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host
linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host is:
This package provides kernel tools useful for VM hosts.
Package: linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host Architecture: all Version: 5.11.0-22.23~20.04.1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: kernel Source: linux-hwe-5.11 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 396 Depends: python3 Filename: pool/main/l/linux-hwe-5.11/linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host_5.11.0-22.23~20.04.1_all.deb Size: 111648 MD5sum: b13f798b87c5eb9ed1699e19c34eb71c SHA1: f075e1d861907960d7a7337a5667595798999691 SHA256: e8a428caea82a806254d5a042db19ebae97c1bd851bade8fa294ad0a02b6a908 SHA512: 86582b02f9d55d02296dfb6c2274629d42172cc0b747f4cba9bf8f2c67842fd012808cfb6e9883ab9bac590f5292b114ccfb762bfbe19061b982af991780346f Description-en: Linux kernel VM host tools This package provides kernel tools useful for VM hosts.
There are three methods to install linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host 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-hwe-5.11-tools-host 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-hwe-5.11-tools-host using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host
Install linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host
Install linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host 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-hwe-5.11-tools-host using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host
How To Uninstall linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host
Uninstall linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host
Remove linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host Configurations and Data
To remove linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host
Remove linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-hwe-5.11-tools-host package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.