How To Install ubuntu-vm-builder on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-vm-builder on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ubuntu-vm-builder
ubuntu-vm-builder is:
Script which automates the process of creating a ready to use VM based on Ubuntu. You can pass command line options to add extra packages, remove packages, choose which version of Ubuntu, which mirror to use etc.
On recent hardware with plenty of RAM, tmpdir in /dev/shm or using a tmpfs, and a local mirror, you can bootstrap a vm in less than a minute.
There are three methods to install ubuntu-vm-builder 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 ubuntu-vm-builder Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-vm-builder using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-vm-builder
Install ubuntu-vm-builder Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-vm-builder using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ubuntu-vm-builder
Install ubuntu-vm-builder 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 ubuntu-vm-builder using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ubuntu-vm-builder
How To Uninstall ubuntu-vm-builder on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ubuntu-vm-builder package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-vm-builder
Uninstall ubuntu-vm-builder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ubuntu-vm-builder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubuntu-vm-builder
Remove ubuntu-vm-builder Configurations and Data
To remove ubuntu-vm-builder configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ubuntu-vm-builder
Remove ubuntu-vm-builder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ubuntu-vm-builder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubuntu-vm-builder
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-vm-builder package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
