How To Install google-guest-agent on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install google-guest-agent on Debian 12.
What is google-guest-agent
google-guest-agent is:
Google Guest Agent is a daemon that enables guest features for interacting with the host on Google Cloud Engine.
These features include:
- Account management based on meta-data
- Configuring OS Login against GCP
- Detecting and preventing clock skew
- Enable/disable/configure network interfaces and routes
- Set performance options for storage and network
There are three methods to install google-guest-agent on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install google-guest-agent Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install google-guest-agent using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install google-guest-agent
Install google-guest-agent Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install google-guest-agent using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install google-guest-agent
Install google-guest-agent 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 google-guest-agent using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install google-guest-agent
How To Uninstall google-guest-agent on Debian 12
To uninstall only the google-guest-agent package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove google-guest-agent
Uninstall google-guest-agent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall google-guest-agent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove google-guest-agent
Remove google-guest-agent Configurations and Data
To remove google-guest-agent configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge google-guest-agent
Remove google-guest-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove google-guest-agent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge google-guest-agent
Dependencies
google-guest-agent have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install google-guest-agent package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
