How To Install tiny-initramfs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tiny-initramfs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tiny-initramfs
tiny-initramfs is:
This package builds a bootable initramfs for Linux kernel packages. The initramfs is loaded along with the kernel and is responsible for mounting the root filesystem and starting the main init system.
There are three methods to install tiny-initramfs 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 tiny-initramfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tiny-initramfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tiny-initramfs
Install tiny-initramfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tiny-initramfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tiny-initramfs
Install tiny-initramfs 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 tiny-initramfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tiny-initramfs
How To Uninstall tiny-initramfs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tiny-initramfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tiny-initramfs
Uninstall tiny-initramfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tiny-initramfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tiny-initramfs
Remove tiny-initramfs Configurations and Data
To remove tiny-initramfs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tiny-initramfs
Remove tiny-initramfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tiny-initramfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tiny-initramfs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tiny-initramfs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
