How To Install bubblewrap on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bubblewrap on Ubuntu 22.04. bubblewrap is utility for unprivileged chroot and namespace manipulation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bubblewrap on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is bubblewrap

bubblewrap is:

bubblewrap uses Linux namespaces to launch unprivileged containers. These containers can be used to sandbox semi-trusted applications such as Flatpak apps, image/video thumbnailers and web browser components, or to run programs in a different library stack such as a Flatpak runtime or a different Debian release.

By default, this package relies on a kernel with user namespaces enabled. Official Debian and Ubuntu kernels are suitable.

On kernels without user namespaces, system administrators can make the bwrap executable setuid root, allowing it to create unprivileged containers even though ordinary user processes cannot.

There are three methods to install bubblewrap 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 22.04

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 Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bubblewrap

Remove bubblewrap Configurations and Data

To remove bubblewrap configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bubblewrap package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.