How To Install libvmdk1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmdk1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvmdk1
libvmdk1 is:
libvmdk is a library to access the VMware Virtual Disk (VMDK) format.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libvmdk1 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 libvmdk1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvmdk1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvmdk1
Install libvmdk1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvmdk1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvmdk1
Install libvmdk1 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 libvmdk1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvmdk1
How To Uninstall libvmdk1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvmdk1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvmdk1
Uninstall libvmdk1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvmdk1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvmdk1
Remove libvmdk1 Configurations and Data
To remove libvmdk1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvmdk1
Remove libvmdk1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvmdk1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvmdk1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmdk1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
