How To Install libvhdi1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvhdi1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvhdi1
libvhdi1 is:
libvhdi is a library to access the Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) image format.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libvhdi1 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 libvhdi1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvhdi1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvhdi1
Install libvhdi1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvhdi1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvhdi1
Install libvhdi1 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 libvhdi1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvhdi1
How To Uninstall libvhdi1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvhdi1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvhdi1
Uninstall libvhdi1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvhdi1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvhdi1
Remove libvhdi1 Configurations and Data
To remove libvhdi1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvhdi1
Remove libvhdi1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvhdi1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvhdi1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvhdi1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.