How To Install module-init-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install module-init-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is module-init-tools
module-init-tools is:
This dummy package is provided to support the transition from module-init-tools to kmod and should be removed afterwards.
There are three methods to install module-init-tools 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 module-init-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install module-init-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install module-init-tools
Install module-init-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install module-init-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install module-init-tools
Install module-init-tools 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 module-init-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install module-init-tools
How To Uninstall module-init-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the module-init-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove module-init-tools
Uninstall module-init-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall module-init-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove module-init-tools
Remove module-init-tools Configurations and Data
To remove module-init-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge module-init-tools
Remove module-init-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove module-init-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge module-init-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install module-init-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
