How To Install linux-user-chroot on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-user-chroot on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is linux-user-chroot
linux-user-chroot 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.
There are three methods to install linux-user-chroot 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-user-chroot
Install linux-user-chroot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-user-chroot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-user-chroot
Install linux-user-chroot 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-user-chroot
How To Uninstall linux-user-chroot on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the linux-user-chroot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-user-chroot
Uninstall linux-user-chroot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-user-chroot 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
Remove linux-user-chroot Configurations and Data
To remove linux-user-chroot configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-user-chroot
Remove linux-user-chroot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-user-chroot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-user-chroot
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-user-chroot package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
