How To Install linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04
linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04 is:
Transitional package for upgrades from 18.04 to 20.04. Will be removed in 20.10.
Package: linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04 Architecture: amd64 Version: 5.4.0.26.32 Priority: optional Section: oldlibs Source: linux-meta Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Kernel Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 17 Depends: linux-tools-virtual Filename: pool/main/l/linux-meta/linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04_5.4.0.26.32_amd64.deb Size: 1880 MD5sum: 5eed46f55fbd62e27b07835e70ea8dc6 SHA1: cf0419c5165c895d662a41abec123d18ce53421a SHA256: c49425a7522509dc0f611a85a3e9dcc3194c81cad23bb63d878532b25140fdfa Description-en: Virtual Linux kernel tools (dummy transitional package) Transitional package for upgrades from 18.04 to 20.04. Will be removed in 20.10.
There are three methods to install linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04
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-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04 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-virtual-hwe-18.04
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04
Install linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04
Install linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04 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-virtual-hwe-18.04
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04
How To Uninstall linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04
Uninstall linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04
Remove linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04 Configurations and Data
To remove linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04
Remove linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-tools-virtual-hwe-18.04
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.