How To Install open-infrastructure-system-build on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install open-infrastructure-system-build on Ubuntu 18.04. open-infrastructure-system-build is System Image Build Tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install open-infrastructure-system-build on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is open-infrastructure-system-build

open-infrastructure-system-build is:

system-build is a tool to build system images such as a live system from a configuration directory.

There are three methods to install open-infrastructure-system-build 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-system-build 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-system-build using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install open-infrastructure-system-build

Install open-infrastructure-system-build Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install open-infrastructure-system-build using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install open-infrastructure-system-build

Install open-infrastructure-system-build 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-system-build using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install open-infrastructure-system-build

How To Uninstall open-infrastructure-system-build on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the open-infrastructure-system-build package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove open-infrastructure-system-build

Uninstall open-infrastructure-system-build And Its Dependencies

To uninstall open-infrastructure-system-build 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-system-build

Remove open-infrastructure-system-build Configurations and Data

To remove open-infrastructure-system-build configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge open-infrastructure-system-build

Remove open-infrastructure-system-build configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove open-infrastructure-system-build configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge open-infrastructure-system-build

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Summary

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