How To Install lxd-installer on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxd-installer
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lxd-installer
lxd-installer is:
Installing this package in an image instead of the lxd snap allows it to be smaller whilst preserving the command line interface of the full server image.
There are three methods to install lxd-installer
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 lxd-installer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxd-installer
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxd-installer
Install lxd-installer Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxd-installer
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxd-installer
Install lxd-installer 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 lxd-installer
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxd-installer
How To Uninstall lxd-installer on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lxd-installer
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxd-installer
Uninstall lxd-installer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxd-installer
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxd-installer
Remove lxd-installer Configurations and Data
To remove lxd-installer
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxd-installer
Remove lxd-installer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxd-installer
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxd-installer
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxd-installer
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.