How to Install and Uninstall cloud-init Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "cloud-init" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install cloud-init on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cloud-init
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cloud-init" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall cloud-init on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cloud-init
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cloud-init package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: cloud-init
Version: 20.2-2~deb10u2
Installed-Size: 2037
Maintainer: Debian Cloud Team
Architecture: all
Depends: fdisk | util-linux (<< 2.29.2-3~), gdisk, ifupdown, locales, lsb-base, lsb-release, net-tools, procps, python3-configobj, python3-jinja2, python3-jsonpatch, python3-jsonschema, python3-oauthlib, python3-requests, python3-yaml, python3:any
Recommends: cloud-guest-utils, eatmydata, sudo
Suggests: btrfs-progs, e2fsprogs, xfsprogs
Description: initialization system for infrastructure cloud instances
Description-md5: 7a24c8b28bb6e73e97d38e2f4129f075
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/cloud-init
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cloud-init/cloud-init_20.2-2~deb10u2_all.deb
Size: 466660
MD5sum: 7869ee66565e072b8c65470d8e405997
SHA256: 8d9930a6b77e60986a22480afff74c35ba0663c3437fbb11f2612407e73564b6