How To Install gce-compute-image-packages on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gce-compute-image-packages on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gce-compute-image-packages
gce-compute-image-packages is:
This dummy package is provided for a smooth transition from the previous old package name to google-compute-engine.
It may be safely removed after installation.
Package: gce-compute-image-packages Architecture: all Version: 20190801-0ubuntu4.1 Priority: extra Section: admin Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Daniel Watkins [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 119 Provides: irqbalance Depends: python3:any, google-compute-engine-oslogin (= 20190801-0ubuntu4.1), python3-google-compute-engine (= 20190801-0ubuntu4.1), cloud-init Recommends: rsyslog | system-log-daemon Suggests: libpam-cracklib Conflicts: gce-cloud-config, gce-daemon, gce-startup-scripts Replaces: gce-cloud-config, gce-daemon, gce-startup-scripts Filename: pool/main/g/gce-compute-image-packages/gce-compute-image-packages_20190801-0ubuntu4.1_all.deb Size: 17176 MD5sum: 1f91c8b1856c4984ed218c4b72cbeb15 SHA1: dff751f69b0ae5b8d7763d4a33c47b7101558c2b SHA256: 9bc7c50e9c20718c584d9ceba26fbd66972df59b2941d2305591d055e4a217af SHA512: b0fa4bc0a01a3769601d09d9fa81ede23be88a42223ad126e237c47478c6e30cc6d35d1a2733dbd08b2a7adfad2697d84e082a7aac1043c95ecaee74f3d477a5 Homepage: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/compute-image-packages Description-en: GCE’s compute-image-packages for use in their guest environment This is a collection of scripts that are used on Google Compute Engine images to ensure compatibility with the cloud, as well as to enable features specific to the cloud.
Package: gce-compute-image-packages Architecture: all Version: 20190801-0ubuntu4 Priority: extra Section: admin Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Daniel Watkins [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 119 Provides: irqbalance Depends: python3:any, google-compute-engine-oslogin (= 20190801-0ubuntu4), python3-google-compute-engine (= 20190801-0ubuntu4), cloud-init Recommends: rsyslog | system-log-daemon Suggests: libpam-cracklib Conflicts: gce-cloud-config, gce-daemon, gce-startup-scripts Replaces: gce-cloud-config, gce-daemon, gce-startup-scripts Filename: pool/main/g/gce-compute-image-packages/gce-compute-image-packages_20190801-0ubuntu4_all.deb Size: 17176 MD5sum: a069d4240b530128d79d8853c354b2a7 SHA1: 04e58842d5b34c0ae003e501feb22d1b95b961f4 SHA256: aaa2eb7061a6737947b44b984f7b8fcd6993a09d9ea7ef44f051f7baa64519dc Homepage: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/compute-image-packages Description-en: GCE’s compute-image-packages for use in their guest environment This is a collection of scripts that are used on Google Compute Engine images to ensure compatibility with the cloud, as well as to enable features specific to the cloud.
There are three methods to install gce-compute-image-packages 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 gce-compute-image-packages Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gce-compute-image-packages using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gce-compute-image-packages
Install gce-compute-image-packages Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gce-compute-image-packages using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gce-compute-image-packages
Install gce-compute-image-packages 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 gce-compute-image-packages using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gce-compute-image-packages
How To Uninstall gce-compute-image-packages on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gce-compute-image-packages package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gce-compute-image-packages
Uninstall gce-compute-image-packages And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gce-compute-image-packages and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gce-compute-image-packages
Remove gce-compute-image-packages Configurations and Data
To remove gce-compute-image-packages configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gce-compute-image-packages
Remove gce-compute-image-packages configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gce-compute-image-packages configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gce-compute-image-packages
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gce-compute-image-packages package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.