How To Install dracut-config-generic on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-config-generic
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is dracut-config-generic
dracut-config-generic is:
This is the dracut configuration to turn off hostonly image generation
There are three methods to install dracut-config-generic
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 dracut-config-generic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dracut-config-generic
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dracut-config-generic
Install dracut-config-generic Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dracut-config-generic
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dracut-config-generic
Install dracut-config-generic 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 dracut-config-generic
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dracut-config-generic
How To Uninstall dracut-config-generic on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the dracut-config-generic
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dracut-config-generic
Uninstall dracut-config-generic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dracut-config-generic
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dracut-config-generic
Remove dracut-config-generic Configurations and Data
To remove dracut-config-generic
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dracut-config-generic
Remove dracut-config-generic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dracut-config-generic
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dracut-config-generic
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-config-generic
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.