How To Install libvirt-daemon-system on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-system on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvirt-daemon-system
libvirt-daemon-system 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 package contains the configuration files to run the libvirt daemon as a system service.
There are three methods to install libvirt-daemon-system 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-daemon-system 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-daemon-system using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-daemon-system
Install libvirt-daemon-system Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-system using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvirt-daemon-system
Install libvirt-daemon-system 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-daemon-system using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-daemon-system
How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-system on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-system package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvirt-daemon-system
Uninstall libvirt-daemon-system And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvirt-daemon-system and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirt-daemon-system
Remove libvirt-daemon-system Configurations and Data
To remove libvirt-daemon-system configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-daemon-system
Remove libvirt-daemon-system configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvirt-daemon-system configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-daemon-system
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-system package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
