How To Install kvmtool on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install kvmtool on Ubuntu 22.04. kvmtool is Native Linux KVM TOOL

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

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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.