How To Install busybox on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install busybox on Ubuntu 20.04. busybox is Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install busybox on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is busybox

busybox is:

BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for the most common utilities you would usually find on your desktop system (i.e., ls, cp, mv, mount, tar, etc.). The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts.

This package installs the BusyBox binary but does not install symlinks for any of the supported utilities. Some of the utilities can be used in the system by installing the busybox-syslogd, busybox-udhcpc or busybox-udhcpd packages.

Package: busybox Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6.2 Priority: optional Section: universe/utils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Install System Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 794 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28) Conflicts: busybox-static Breaks: initramfs-tools (« 0.99) Replaces: busybox-static Filename: pool/universe/b/busybox/busybox_1.30.1-4ubuntu6.2_amd64.deb Size: 415916 MD5sum: f14511e2e9affe2e5cfff6384e6dce5d SHA1: 41bce2f8e2809d20091d39e5eb311aac45311e22 SHA256: 886e9eab3aa19552ff1447e5108c78d95f2a9edabe90b921299eac1c5da98ac2 SHA512: aa600ed94246e84c52547e5833a212bfb88ac6154289c6f42c7c93b47dd18e6bfc730b15719bffde22516fa56940de734a184b614dc3779b19f100a07d48f94b Homepage: http://www.busybox.net Description-en: Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for the most common utilities you would usually find on your desktop system (i.e., ls, cp, mv, mount, tar, etc.). The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts.

This package installs the BusyBox binary but does not install symlinks for any of the supported utilities. Some of the utilities can be used in the system by installing the busybox-syslogd, busybox-udhcpc or busybox-udhcpd packages.

Package: busybox Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:1.30.1-4ubuntu6 Priority: optional Section: universe/utils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Install System Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 794 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28) Conflicts: busybox-static Breaks: initramfs-tools (« 0.99) Replaces: busybox-static Filename: pool/universe/b/busybox/busybox_1.30.1-4ubuntu6_amd64.deb Size: 415132 MD5sum: d12e754a28bcff0be0a4068edef714d9 SHA1: ef047b168ef3549dbfbd946d0000911ecc45cc34 SHA256: b5ef98591b16044a34e94a5bb2af9efb23430f8346d3b353bc32549bfe688aa7 Homepage: http://www.busybox.net Description-en: Tiny utilities for small and embedded systems BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable. It provides minimalist replacements for the most common utilities you would usually find on your desktop system (i.e., ls, cp, mv, mount, tar, etc.). The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts.

This package installs the BusyBox binary but does not install symlinks for any of the supported utilities. Some of the utilities can be used in the system by installing the busybox-syslogd, busybox-udhcpc or busybox-udhcpd packages.

There are three methods to install busybox on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install busybox Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install busybox

Install busybox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install busybox

Install busybox 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 busybox using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install busybox

How To Uninstall busybox on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove busybox

Uninstall busybox And Its Dependencies

To uninstall busybox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove busybox

Remove busybox Configurations and Data

To remove busybox configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge busybox

Remove busybox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge busybox

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install busybox package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.