How To Install runc on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install runc on Ubuntu 20.04. runc is Open Container Project - runtime Open Container Project - runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install runc on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is runc

runc is:

“runc” is a command line client for running applications packaged according to the Open Container Format (OCF) and is a compliant implementation of the Open Container Project specification.

Package: runc Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.0.0~rc10-0ubuntu1 Built-Using: golang-1.13 (= 1.13.8-1ubuntu1) Priority: extra Section: devel Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 10780 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libseccomp2 (>= 2.4.1) Breaks: docker.io (<= 1.13.1~ds1-2) Filename: pool/main/r/runc/runc_1.0.0~rc10-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 2549400 MD5sum: e93d19ae147a6a35a3c4e8aab8ee2461 SHA1: 206a6073ae10883e388a84a80d0df9e645474e0e SHA256: 7f8fb49b62d4c037ddc9f4e22de9aef6febd2fb58ef42dcd3aca5b35ce66c987 Homepage: https://github.com/opencontainers/runc Description-en: Open Container Project - runtime “runc” is a command line client for running applications packaged according to the Open Container Format (OCF) and is a compliant implementation of the Open Container Project specification.

There are three methods to install runc 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 runc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install runc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install runc

Install runc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install runc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install runc

Install runc 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 runc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install runc

How To Uninstall runc on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the runc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove runc

Uninstall runc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall runc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove runc

Remove runc Configurations and Data

To remove runc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge runc

Remove runc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove runc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge runc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install runc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.