How To Install crun on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install crun on Ubuntu 22.04. crun is lightweight OCI runtime for running containers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install crun on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is crun

crun is:

Fast and low-memory footprint OCI Container Runtime fully written in C.

There are three methods to install crun 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 crun Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install crun using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install crun

Install crun Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install crun using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install crun

Install crun 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 crun using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install crun

How To Uninstall crun on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the crun package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove crun

Uninstall crun And Its Dependencies

To uninstall crun and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove crun

Remove crun Configurations and Data

To remove crun configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge crun

Remove crun configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove crun configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge crun

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install crun package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.