How To Install linux-tools-host on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-tools-host
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is linux-tools-host
linux-tools-host is:
This package provides kernel tools useful for VM hosts.
There are three methods to install linux-tools-host
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-tools-host 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-tools-host
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-tools-host
Install linux-tools-host Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-tools-host
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-tools-host
Install linux-tools-host 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-tools-host
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-tools-host
How To Uninstall linux-tools-host on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the linux-tools-host
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-tools-host
Uninstall linux-tools-host And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-tools-host
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-tools-host
Remove linux-tools-host Configurations and Data
To remove linux-tools-host
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-tools-host
Remove linux-tools-host configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-tools-host
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-tools-host
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-tools-host
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.