How To Install libnss-docker on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnss-docker
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libnss-docker
libnss-docker is:
This package contains a plugin for the Name Service Switch, providing host name resolution for Docker containers.
There are three methods to install libnss-docker
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libnss-docker Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnss-docker
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnss-docker
Install libnss-docker Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnss-docker
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnss-docker
Install libnss-docker 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 libnss-docker
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnss-docker
How To Uninstall libnss-docker on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libnss-docker
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnss-docker
Uninstall libnss-docker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnss-docker
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnss-docker
Remove libnss-docker Configurations and Data
To remove libnss-docker
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnss-docker
Remove libnss-docker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnss-docker
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnss-docker
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnss-docker
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.