How To Install cloud-initramfs-updateroot on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cloud-initramfs-updateroot on Ubuntu 22.04. cloud-initramfs-updateroot is extract a tarball over root filesystem before pivot

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

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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.