How To Install lupin-casper on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lupin-casper on Ubuntu 18.04. lupin-casper is Add support for loop-mount installations to casper

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lupin-casper on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is lupin-casper

lupin-casper is:

The Wubi installer provides a means for installing Ubuntu into a loop-mounted filesystem image hosted on a Windows filesystem. lupin-casper provides hooks to find an ISO image on a hard disk and to read a preseed file from a hard disk, which are used in the early part of this process.

There are three methods to install lupin-casper 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 lupin-casper Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lupin-casper using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lupin-casper

Install lupin-casper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lupin-casper

Install lupin-casper 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 lupin-casper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lupin-casper

How To Uninstall lupin-casper on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the lupin-casper package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lupin-casper

Uninstall lupin-casper And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lupin-casper

Remove lupin-casper Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lupin-casper

Remove lupin-casper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lupin-casper

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Summary

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