How To Install bootstrap-vz-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bootstrap-vz-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. bootstrap-vz-doc is tool for creating Debian images for cloud platforms (Docs)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bootstrap-vz-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is bootstrap-vz-doc

bootstrap-vz-doc is:

It’s a software for creating Debian images to run on public or private clouds (Amazon, Google, OpenStack, Eucaliptus, etc). It’s using bootstraping as a method for creating images. Images created by this tool are fully operational Debian Images for Cloud.

This package contains the HTML documentation.

There are three methods to install bootstrap-vz-doc 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 bootstrap-vz-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bootstrap-vz-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bootstrap-vz-doc

Install bootstrap-vz-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bootstrap-vz-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bootstrap-vz-doc

Install bootstrap-vz-doc 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 bootstrap-vz-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bootstrap-vz-doc

How To Uninstall bootstrap-vz-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the bootstrap-vz-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bootstrap-vz-doc

Uninstall bootstrap-vz-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bootstrap-vz-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bootstrap-vz-doc

Remove bootstrap-vz-doc Configurations and Data

To remove bootstrap-vz-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bootstrap-vz-doc

Remove bootstrap-vz-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bootstrap-vz-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bootstrap-vz-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bootstrap-vz-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.