How To Install open-infrastructure-container-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-infrastructure-container-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is open-infrastructure-container-tools
open-infrastructure-container-tools is:
A Linux container is an operating-system-level virtualization environment for running multiple isolated Linux systems (containers) on a single Linux control host.
container-tools provides the system integration for managing containers using systemd-nspawn.
There are three methods to install open-infrastructure-container-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 open-infrastructure-container-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 open-infrastructure-container-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install open-infrastructure-container-tools
Install open-infrastructure-container-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install open-infrastructure-container-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install open-infrastructure-container-tools
Install open-infrastructure-container-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 open-infrastructure-container-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install open-infrastructure-container-tools
How To Uninstall open-infrastructure-container-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the open-infrastructure-container-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove open-infrastructure-container-tools
Uninstall open-infrastructure-container-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall open-infrastructure-container-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove open-infrastructure-container-tools
Remove open-infrastructure-container-tools Configurations and Data
To remove open-infrastructure-container-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge open-infrastructure-container-tools
Remove open-infrastructure-container-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove open-infrastructure-container-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge open-infrastructure-container-tools
References
- open-infrastructure-container-tools website
- open-infrastructure-container-tools on packages.ubuntu.com
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-infrastructure-container-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
