How To Install vzquota on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vzquota on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vzquota
vzquota is:
OpenVZ is an Operating System-level server virtualization solution, built on Linux. OpenVZ creates isolated, secure virtual private servers on a single physical server enabling better server utilization and ensuring that applications do not conflict. Each VPS performs and executes exactly like a stand-alone server; VPSs can be rebooted independently and have root access, users, IP addresses, memory, processes, files, applications, system libraries and configuration files.
This package contain the control tool to manipulate quota for virtual servers.
There are three methods to install vzquota 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 vzquota Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vzquota using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vzquota
Install vzquota Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vzquota using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vzquota
Install vzquota 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 vzquota using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vzquota
How To Uninstall vzquota on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vzquota package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vzquota
Uninstall vzquota And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vzquota and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vzquota
Remove vzquota Configurations and Data
To remove vzquota configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vzquota
Remove vzquota configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vzquota configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vzquota
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vzquota package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
