How To Install vagrant-mutate on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vagrant-mutate on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vagrant-mutate
vagrant-mutate is:
Vagrant-mutate is a vagrant plugin to convert Vagrant .box files to work with different providers. It works with URLs, files, and boxes that are already setup in Vagrant.
Supported Conversions:
- VirtualBox to KVM
- VirtualBox to libvirt
- VirtualBox to bhyve
- libvirt to KVM
- KVM to libvirt
There are three methods to install vagrant-mutate on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vagrant-mutate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vagrant-mutate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vagrant-mutate
Install vagrant-mutate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vagrant-mutate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vagrant-mutate
Install vagrant-mutate 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 vagrant-mutate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vagrant-mutate
How To Uninstall vagrant-mutate on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vagrant-mutate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vagrant-mutate
Uninstall vagrant-mutate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vagrant-mutate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vagrant-mutate
Remove vagrant-mutate Configurations and Data
To remove vagrant-mutate configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vagrant-mutate
Remove vagrant-mutate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vagrant-mutate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vagrant-mutate
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vagrant-mutate package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
