How To Install linux-user-chroot-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-user-chroot-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. linux-user-chroot-dbg is setuid helper for making bind mounts and chrooting (debug files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-user-chroot-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is linux-user-chroot-dbg

linux-user-chroot-dbg is:

This tool allows regular (non-root) users to call chroot(2), create Linux bind mounts, and use some Linux container features. It’s primarily intended for use by build systems.

This package contains the debug files.

There are three methods to install linux-user-chroot-dbg 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 linux-user-chroot-dbg 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-user-chroot-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install linux-user-chroot-dbg

Install linux-user-chroot-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install linux-user-chroot-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install linux-user-chroot-dbg

Install linux-user-chroot-dbg 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-user-chroot-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install linux-user-chroot-dbg

How To Uninstall linux-user-chroot-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the linux-user-chroot-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove linux-user-chroot-dbg

Uninstall linux-user-chroot-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall linux-user-chroot-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-user-chroot-dbg

Remove linux-user-chroot-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove linux-user-chroot-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge linux-user-chroot-dbg

Remove linux-user-chroot-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove linux-user-chroot-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-user-chroot-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-user-chroot-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.