How To Install vboot-kernel-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vboot-kernel-utils
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is vboot-kernel-utils
vboot-kernel-utils is:
This package provides the futility program (including the vbutil_kernel program required to sign custom kernels in order to get them booted by Chrome OS devices (i.e. Chromebooks)).
There are three methods to install vboot-kernel-utils
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vboot-kernel-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vboot-kernel-utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vboot-kernel-utils
Install vboot-kernel-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vboot-kernel-utils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vboot-kernel-utils
Install vboot-kernel-utils 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 vboot-kernel-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vboot-kernel-utils
How To Uninstall vboot-kernel-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the vboot-kernel-utils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vboot-kernel-utils
Uninstall vboot-kernel-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vboot-kernel-utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vboot-kernel-utils
Remove vboot-kernel-utils Configurations and Data
To remove vboot-kernel-utils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vboot-kernel-utils
Remove vboot-kernel-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vboot-kernel-utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vboot-kernel-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vboot-kernel-utils
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.