How To Install lxctl on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxctl
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is lxctl
lxctl is:
Utility to manage different aspects of Linux Containers (LXC).
There are three methods to install lxctl
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 lxctl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lxctl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxctl
Install lxctl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxctl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxctl
Install lxctl 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 lxctl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxctl
How To Uninstall lxctl on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the lxctl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxctl
Uninstall lxctl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxctl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxctl
Remove lxctl Configurations and Data
To remove lxctl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxctl
Remove lxctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxctl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxctl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxctl
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.