How To Install linux-tools-gke on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-tools-gke
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-tools-gke
linux-tools-gke is:
This package will always depend on the latest Google Container Engine (GKE) kernel tools available.
Package: linux-tools-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 Provides: linux-tools Depends: linux-tools-5.4.0-1009-gcp Filename: pool/main/l/linux-meta-gcp/linux-tools-gke_5.4.0.1009.9_amd64.deb Size: 2688 MD5sum: 6d12e8012e8947f054c4e5209ddf732d SHA1: 44bfdd5e1cd0819dbb902ede9ff478776c60ce12 SHA256: 48bed969c43850a3ff4ec34058ee054a24b314fa6f9c8bcfe1a8c0bf5ed43352 Description-en: Google Container Engine (GKE) Linux kernel tools This package will always depend on the latest Google Container Engine (GKE) kernel tools available.
There are three methods to install linux-tools-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-tools-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-tools-gke
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-tools-gke
Install linux-tools-gke Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-tools-gke
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-tools-gke
Install linux-tools-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-tools-gke
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-tools-gke
How To Uninstall linux-tools-gke on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-tools-gke
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-tools-gke
Uninstall linux-tools-gke And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-tools-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-tools-gke
Remove linux-tools-gke Configurations and Data
To remove linux-tools-gke
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-tools-gke
Remove linux-tools-gke configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-tools-gke
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-tools-gke
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-tools-gke
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.