How To Install linux-image-virtual on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-image-virtual on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-image-virtual
linux-image-virtual is:
This package will always depend on the latest minimal generic kernel image used for virtual instances.
Package: linux-image-virtual 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 Provides: virtualbox-guest-modules (= 6.1.6-dfsg-1), wireguard-modules (= 1.0.20200413-1), zfs-modules (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12) Depends: linux-image-5.4.0-26-generic Filename: pool/main/l/linux-meta/linux-image-virtual_5.4.0.26.32_amd64.deb Size: 2764 MD5sum: 4df433ab505ec72a088e54f39a9b1227 SHA1: e25e90526fcb26b0b3f420efa8f250a7c7a2dd3c SHA256: d46fc7323e7e40a19cf2aa5b8b4043b8984d6231989b251efb950f27a18d61e3 Description-en: Virtual Linux kernel image This package will always depend on the latest minimal generic kernel image used for virtual instances.
There are three methods to install linux-image-virtual 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-image-virtual 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-image-virtual using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-image-virtual
Install linux-image-virtual Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-image-virtual using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-image-virtual
Install linux-image-virtual 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-image-virtual using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-image-virtual
How To Uninstall linux-image-virtual on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-image-virtual package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-image-virtual
Uninstall linux-image-virtual And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-image-virtual and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-image-virtual
Remove linux-image-virtual Configurations and Data
To remove linux-image-virtual configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-image-virtual
Remove linux-image-virtual configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-image-virtual configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-image-virtual
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-image-virtual package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
