How To Install bubblewrap on Debian 10

Learn how to install bubblewrap on Debian 10 with this tutorial. bubblewrap is setuid wrapper for unprivileged chroot and namespace manipulation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bubblewrap on Debian 10.

What is bubblewrap

bubblewrap is:

Core execution engine for unprivileged containers that works as a setuid binary on kernels without user namespaces.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bubblewrap

Install bubblewrap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bubblewrap

Install bubblewrap 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 bubblewrap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bubblewrap

How To Uninstall bubblewrap on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove bubblewrap

Uninstall bubblewrap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bubblewrap

Remove bubblewrap Configurations and Data

To remove bubblewrap configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bubblewrap

Remove bubblewrap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bubblewrap

Dependencies

bubblewrap have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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