How to Install and Uninstall lxc Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: July 07,2024

1. Install "lxc" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install lxc on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "lxc" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall lxc on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: lxc
Version: 1:3.1.0+really3.0.3-8
Installed-Size: 2413
Maintainer: pkg-lxc
Architecture: amd64
Depends: liblxc1 (= 1:3.1.0+really3.0.3-8), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.27), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.5), libseccomp2 (>= 0.0.0~20120605), libselinux1 (>= 1.32), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Recommends: apparmor, bridge-utils, debootstrap, dirmngr, dnsmasq-base, gnupg, iproute2, nftables | iptables, libpam-cgfs, lxcfs (>= 3.0.2-1), lxc-templates (>= 3.0.2-1), openssl, rsync, uidmap
Suggests: btrfs-progs, lvm2, python3-lxc
Description: Linux Containers userspace tools
Description-md5: 4ece0dffd153c29e95ffdb89f8238dfc
Homepage: https://linuxcontainers.org/
Tag: admin::virtualization, implemented-in::c, implemented-in::python,
interface::commandline, role::program, scope::application,
suite::openstack, system::cloud, system::virtual
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/lxc/lxc_3.1.0+really3.0.3-8_amd64.deb
Size: 752072
MD5sum: e654bc896c0d79aae72834e0b0d1bf08
SHA256: 11ad488eb2b77451b7bc4bd8903fd3e17d11d71fd9353bf7be2da05ca79ba200