How To Install guestfsd on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install guestfsd
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is guestfsd
guestfsd is:
The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk images.
This package contains a standalone version the back-end daemon that carries out file system access on behalf of libguestfs applications. It is not needed for regular operation.
There are three methods to install guestfsd
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install guestfsd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install guestfsd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install guestfsd
Install guestfsd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install guestfsd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install guestfsd
Install guestfsd 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 guestfsd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install guestfsd
How To Uninstall guestfsd on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the guestfsd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove guestfsd
Uninstall guestfsd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall guestfsd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove guestfsd
Remove guestfsd Configurations and Data
To remove guestfsd
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge guestfsd
Remove guestfsd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove guestfsd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guestfsd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install guestfsd
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.