How To Install ubuntu-server on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-server on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ubuntu-server
ubuntu-server is:
This package depends on all of the packages in the Ubuntu Server system
It is also used to help ensure proper upgrades, so it is recommended that it not be removed. Task: server, cloud-image
Package: ubuntu-server Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.450 Priority: optional Section: metapackages Source: ubuntu-meta Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 51 Depends: apport, at, bcache-tools, btrfs-progs, byobu, cloud-guest-utils, cloud-initramfs-copymods, cloud-initramfs-dyn-netconf, curl, dirmngr, ethtool, fonts-ubuntu-console, git, gnupg, htop, lvm2, mdadm, multipath-tools, overlayroot, patch, pollinate, screen, software-properties-common, sosreport, tmux, update-notifier-common, vim, xfsprogs Recommends: fwupd, landscape-common, lxd-agent-loader, open-iscsi, open-vm-tools, snapd Filename: pool/main/u/ubuntu-meta/ubuntu-server_1.450_amd64.deb Size: 3784 MD5sum: 51696962b93961efbebad62f3c362003 SHA1: 619b2957b05bf5cd4836e75382dae172ebd801e9 SHA256: 08391de96989ff8c97ebc99d23258d2cf9816aa2f19cad23982aa18d5f91673f Description-en: The Ubuntu Server system This package depends on all of the packages in the Ubuntu Server system
It is also used to help ensure proper upgrades, so it is recommended that it not be removed. Task: server, cloud-image
There are three methods to install ubuntu-server 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 ubuntu-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ubuntu-server
Install ubuntu-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ubuntu-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ubuntu-server
Install ubuntu-server 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 ubuntu-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ubuntu-server
How To Uninstall ubuntu-server on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ubuntu-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ubuntu-server
Uninstall ubuntu-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ubuntu-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubuntu-server
Remove ubuntu-server Configurations and Data
To remove ubuntu-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ubuntu-server
Remove ubuntu-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ubuntu-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubuntu-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubuntu-server package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
