How To Install ovirt-guest-agent on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ovirt-guest-agent on Debian 10.
What is ovirt-guest-agent
ovirt-guest-agent is:
This is the oVirt management agent running inside the guest. The agent interfaces with the oVirt manager, supplying heart-beat info as well as run-time data from within the guest itself. The agent also accepts control commands to be run executed within the OS (like: shutdown and restart).
There are three methods to install ovirt-guest-agent on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ovirt-guest-agent Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ovirt-guest-agent using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ovirt-guest-agent
Install ovirt-guest-agent Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ovirt-guest-agent using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ovirt-guest-agent
Install ovirt-guest-agent 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ovirt-guest-agent using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ovirt-guest-agent
How To Uninstall ovirt-guest-agent on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ovirt-guest-agent package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ovirt-guest-agent
Uninstall ovirt-guest-agent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ovirt-guest-agent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ovirt-guest-agent
Remove ovirt-guest-agent Configurations and Data
To remove ovirt-guest-agent configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ovirt-guest-agent
Remove ovirt-guest-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ovirt-guest-agent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ovirt-guest-agent
Dependencies
ovirt-guest-agent have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ovirt-guest-agent package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.