How To Install linux-virtual on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-virtual on Ubuntu 18.04. linux-virtual is Minimal Generic Linux kernel and headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-virtual on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is linux-virtual

linux-virtual is:

This package will always depend on linux-image-virtual and linux-headers-virtual.

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

sudo apt-get -y install linux-virtual

Install linux-virtual Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install linux-virtual

Install linux-virtual 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-virtual using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install linux-virtual

How To Uninstall linux-virtual on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the linux-virtual package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove linux-virtual

Uninstall linux-virtual And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-virtual

Remove linux-virtual Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge linux-virtual

Remove linux-virtual configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-virtual

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Summary

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