How To Install walinuxagent on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install walinuxagent on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is walinuxagent
walinuxagent is:
The Windows Azure Linux Agent supports the provisioning and running of Linux VMs in the Windows Azure cloud. This package should be installed on Linux disk images that are built to run in the Windows Azure environment.
There are three methods to install walinuxagent on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install walinuxagent Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install walinuxagent using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install walinuxagent
Install walinuxagent Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install walinuxagent using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install walinuxagent
Install walinuxagent 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 walinuxagent using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install walinuxagent
How To Uninstall walinuxagent on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the walinuxagent package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove walinuxagent
Uninstall walinuxagent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall walinuxagent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove walinuxagent
Remove walinuxagent Configurations and Data
To remove walinuxagent configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge walinuxagent
Remove walinuxagent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove walinuxagent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge walinuxagent
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install walinuxagent package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
