How To Install finalrd on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install finalrd
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is finalrd
finalrd is:
Generates a systemd compatible shutdown runtime directory. This enables to execute scripts and binaries to clean up shutdown.
Also supports hookless operation, to simply facilitate clean shutdowns.
Approximate tmpfs RAM requirement is 14MB on shutdown.
There are three methods to install finalrd
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 finalrd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install finalrd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install finalrd
Install finalrd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install finalrd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install finalrd
Install finalrd 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 finalrd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install finalrd
How To Uninstall finalrd on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the finalrd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove finalrd
Uninstall finalrd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall finalrd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove finalrd
Remove finalrd Configurations and Data
To remove finalrd
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge finalrd
Remove finalrd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove finalrd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge finalrd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install finalrd
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.