How To Install xenstore-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xenstore-utils
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is xenstore-utils
xenstore-utils is:
This package contains command line utilities for interacting with XenStore.
XenStore is a shared database used for interdomain communication of configuration and status information. It is accessible to all domains running on the same Xen host. See https://wiki.xen.org/wiki/XenStore for more information.
In the common case these tools are used by the Xen toolstack running in domain0 (or a driver domain) however they may also be used in a guest domain to support local scripting which wants to communicate via XenStore.
There are three methods to install xenstore-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 xenstore-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 xenstore-utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xenstore-utils
Install xenstore-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xenstore-utils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xenstore-utils
Install xenstore-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 xenstore-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xenstore-utils
How To Uninstall xenstore-utils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the xenstore-utils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xenstore-utils
Uninstall xenstore-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xenstore-utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xenstore-utils
Remove xenstore-utils Configurations and Data
To remove xenstore-utils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xenstore-utils
Remove xenstore-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xenstore-utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xenstore-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xenstore-utils
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.