How To Install dracut-config-generic on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-config-generic on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dracut-config-generic
dracut-config-generic is:
This is the dracut configuration to turn off hostonly image generation
There are three methods to install dracut-config-generic 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 dracut-config-generic Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dracut-config-generic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dracut-config-generic
Install dracut-config-generic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dracut-config-generic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dracut-config-generic
Install dracut-config-generic 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 dracut-config-generic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dracut-config-generic
How To Uninstall dracut-config-generic on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dracut-config-generic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dracut-config-generic
Uninstall dracut-config-generic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dracut-config-generic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dracut-config-generic
Remove dracut-config-generic Configurations and Data
To remove dracut-config-generic configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dracut-config-generic
Remove dracut-config-generic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dracut-config-generic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dracut-config-generic
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dracut-config-generic package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
