How To Install testdrive-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install testdrive-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is testdrive-common
testdrive-common is:
Testdrive helps you download and run the daily Ubuntu development ISO in a virtual machine on your local hardware.
It is strongly recommended that you have a CPU with VT and sufficient memory on your system to host virtual machines. In this case, testdrive will use KVM to host your virtual machines.
Alternatively, you can use VirtualBox.
This package contains the common files used by the different Testdrive front-ends.
There are three methods to install testdrive-common 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 testdrive-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install testdrive-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install testdrive-common
Install testdrive-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install testdrive-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install testdrive-common
Install testdrive-common 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 testdrive-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install testdrive-common
How To Uninstall testdrive-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the testdrive-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove testdrive-common
Uninstall testdrive-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall testdrive-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove testdrive-common
Remove testdrive-common Configurations and Data
To remove testdrive-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge testdrive-common
Remove testdrive-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove testdrive-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge testdrive-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install testdrive-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
