How To Install util-vserver on Debian 10

Learn how to install util-vserver on Debian 10 with this tutorial. util-vserver is user-space tools for Linux-VServer virtual private servers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install util-vserver on Debian 10.

What is util-vserver

util-vserver is:

The util-vserver project provides the user-space tools for creating and managing the virtualization technology known as Linux-Vserver guests. Linux-Vserver guests are a significantly advanced jail mechanism running inside a host GNU-Linux server. Linux-Vserver guests can be used to securely partition resources such as processes, memory, network; logically separate services or run entirely different distributions all on a single system. Virtual private servers are separated from each other through security contexts, and as a result are completely unaware of each other, or of the host itself.

http://linux-vserver.org/ http://ftp.linux-vserver.org/pub/utils/util-vserver/

There are three methods to install util-vserver on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install util-vserver Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install util-vserver

Install util-vserver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install util-vserver

Install util-vserver 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install util-vserver using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install util-vserver

How To Uninstall util-vserver on Debian 10

To uninstall only the util-vserver package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove util-vserver

Uninstall util-vserver And Its Dependencies

To uninstall util-vserver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove util-vserver

Remove util-vserver Configurations and Data

To remove util-vserver configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge util-vserver

Remove util-vserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge util-vserver

Dependencies

util-vserver have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install util-vserver package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.