How To Install virt-manager on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-manager on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is virt-manager
virt-manager is:
It presents a summary view of running domains and their live performance & resource utilization statistics. A detailed view presents graphs showing performance & utilization over time. Ultimately it will allow creation of new domains, and configuration & adjustment of a domain’s resource allocation & virtual hardware. Finally an embedded VNC client viewer presents a full graphical console to the guest domain.
NOTE: the GUI is still considered experimental.
There are three methods to install virt-manager 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 virt-manager Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install virt-manager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install virt-manager
Install virt-manager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install virt-manager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install virt-manager
Install virt-manager 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 virt-manager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install virt-manager
How To Uninstall virt-manager on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the virt-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove virt-manager
Uninstall virt-manager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall virt-manager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove virt-manager
Remove virt-manager Configurations and Data
To remove virt-manager configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge virt-manager
Remove virt-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove virt-manager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge virt-manager
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-manager package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.