How to Install and Uninstall cloud-init Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 14,2024

You can also install and uninstall the cloud-init on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "cloud-init" package

This guide let you learn how to install cloud-init on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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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 step by step instructions below to uninstall cloud-init on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cloud-init package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cloud-init
Version: 22.4.2-1
Installed-Size: 2707
Maintainer: Debian Cloud Team
Architecture: all
Depends: eject, fdisk | util-linux (<< 2.29.2-3~), gdisk, isc-dhcp-client, locales, lsb-base, lsb-release, procps, python3-configobj, python3-jinja2, python3-jsonpatch, python3-jsonschema, python3-netifaces, python3-oauthlib, python3-requests, python3-serial, 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_22.4.2-1_all.deb
Size: 588256
MD5sum: 8d2bf50d6aca1c04bce67391b98c7b29
SHA256: 24da6435a37a7052834871067471a6e8d8eb37ca77a63a6abdadf8ff45f1771a