How To Install kvmtool on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kvmtool
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is kvmtool
kvmtool is:
kvmtool is a lightweight tool for hosting KVM guests. As a pure virtualization tool it only supports guests using the same architecture, though it supports running 32-bit guests on those 64-bit architectures that allow this.
There are three methods to install kvmtool
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 kvmtool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kvmtool
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kvmtool
Install kvmtool Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kvmtool
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kvmtool
Install kvmtool 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 kvmtool
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kvmtool
How To Uninstall kvmtool on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the kvmtool
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kvmtool
Uninstall kvmtool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kvmtool
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kvmtool
Remove kvmtool Configurations and Data
To remove kvmtool
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kvmtool
Remove kvmtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kvmtool
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kvmtool
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kvmtool
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.