How To Install libvhdi-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvhdi-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvhdi-utils
libvhdi-utils is:
libvhdi is a library to access the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) image format.
This package contains tools to access data stored in VHD files: vhdiinfo, vhdimount.
There are three methods to install libvhdi-utils on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvhdi-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvhdi-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvhdi-utils
Install libvhdi-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvhdi-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvhdi-utils
Install libvhdi-utils 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 libvhdi-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvhdi-utils
How To Uninstall libvhdi-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvhdi-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvhdi-utils
Uninstall libvhdi-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvhdi-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvhdi-utils
Remove libvhdi-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libvhdi-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvhdi-utils
Remove libvhdi-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvhdi-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvhdi-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvhdi-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
