How To Install cloud-initramfs-updateroot on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cloud-initramfs-updateroot
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is cloud-initramfs-updateroot
cloud-initramfs-updateroot is:
Allows kernel command line updateroot=http://your.tar.gz And then tarball will be pulled and extracted over the root.
There are three methods to install cloud-initramfs-updateroot
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 cloud-initramfs-updateroot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cloud-initramfs-updateroot
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cloud-initramfs-updateroot
Install cloud-initramfs-updateroot Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cloud-initramfs-updateroot
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cloud-initramfs-updateroot
Install cloud-initramfs-updateroot 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 cloud-initramfs-updateroot
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cloud-initramfs-updateroot
How To Uninstall cloud-initramfs-updateroot on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the cloud-initramfs-updateroot
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cloud-initramfs-updateroot
Uninstall cloud-initramfs-updateroot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cloud-initramfs-updateroot
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cloud-initramfs-updateroot
Remove cloud-initramfs-updateroot Configurations and Data
To remove cloud-initramfs-updateroot
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cloud-initramfs-updateroot
Remove cloud-initramfs-updateroot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cloud-initramfs-updateroot
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cloud-initramfs-updateroot
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cloud-initramfs-updateroot
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.