How To Install linux-headers-gcp on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-headers-gcp on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-headers-gcp
linux-headers-gcp is:
This package will always depend on the latest Google Cloud Platform (GCP) kernel headers available.
Package: linux-headers-gcp Architecture: amd64 Version: 5.4.0.1009.9 Priority: optional Section: kernel Source: linux-meta-gcp Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 12 Depends: linux-headers-5.4.0-1009-gcp Filename: pool/main/l/linux-meta-gcp/linux-headers-gcp_5.4.0.1009.9_amd64.deb Size: 2684 MD5sum: aabbd58fcce2714d283dd208f29a9709 SHA1: 2a5b0686dbab2cd98d43cb0c99161b6fe325b0ff SHA256: 39e2e3ab4da73c49fc10681813a65c64effb430c23bdf87eb7e4047253d1220b Description-en: Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Linux kernel headers This package will always depend on the latest Google Cloud Platform (GCP) kernel headers available.
There are three methods to install linux-headers-gcp on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install linux-headers-gcp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-headers-gcp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-gcp
Install linux-headers-gcp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-headers-gcp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-headers-gcp
Install linux-headers-gcp 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 linux-headers-gcp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-headers-gcp
How To Uninstall linux-headers-gcp on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-headers-gcp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-headers-gcp
Uninstall linux-headers-gcp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-headers-gcp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-headers-gcp
Remove linux-headers-gcp Configurations and Data
To remove linux-headers-gcp configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-headers-gcp
Remove linux-headers-gcp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-headers-gcp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-headers-gcp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-headers-gcp package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.