How To Install libvirt-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvirt-bin
libvirt-bin is:
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The library aims at providing a long term stable C API for different virtualization mechanisms. It currently supports QEMU, KVM, XEN, OpenVZ, LXC, and VirtualBox.
This is a transitional package. You can safely remove it.
There are three methods to install libvirt-bin 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 libvirt-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-bin
Install libvirt-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvirt-bin
Install libvirt-bin 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 libvirt-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-bin
How To Uninstall libvirt-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvirt-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvirt-bin
Uninstall libvirt-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvirt-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirt-bin
Remove libvirt-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libvirt-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-bin
Remove libvirt-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvirt-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-bin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
