How To Install libguestfs-rescue on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-rescue
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libguestfs-rescue
libguestfs-rescue is:
The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk images.
This package contains additional tools to use inside the virt-rescue shell, such as ssh, network utilities, editors and debugging utilities.
There are three methods to install libguestfs-rescue
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 libguestfs-rescue Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libguestfs-rescue
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libguestfs-rescue
Install libguestfs-rescue Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libguestfs-rescue
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libguestfs-rescue
Install libguestfs-rescue 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 libguestfs-rescue
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libguestfs-rescue
How To Uninstall libguestfs-rescue on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libguestfs-rescue
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libguestfs-rescue
Uninstall libguestfs-rescue And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libguestfs-rescue
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libguestfs-rescue
Remove libguestfs-rescue Configurations and Data
To remove libguestfs-rescue
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libguestfs-rescue
Remove libguestfs-rescue configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libguestfs-rescue
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libguestfs-rescue
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-rescue
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.