How to Install and Uninstall cloud-init Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "cloud-init" package

Please follow the guidance below to install cloud-init on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall cloud-init on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: cloud-init
Architecture: all
Version: 24.1-0ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2991
Depends: cloud-guest-utils | cloud-utils, dhcpcd-base, iproute2, netplan.io, procps, python3, python3-debconf, python3-netifaces, python3-requests, python3-serial, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, python3-configobj, python3-jinja2, python3-jsonpatch, python3-jsonschema, python3-oauthlib, python3-yaml, python3:any
Recommends: eatmydata, gdisk, gnupg, python3-apt, software-properties-common
Suggests: openssh-server, ssh-import-id
Filename: pool/main/c/cloud-init/cloud-init_24.1-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 595580
MD5sum: 6949e84a3d992d7c7333b402e7cab3d1
SHA1: 775d75d3ee898454447600e7e85fdcf6fdb149f4
SHA256: 59da01907d618c14fa999f770c6269fbf8703ad89febf616984eb18d6e705492
SHA512: 1e9211aad38e45ab9cabdf64b05f1051f6dd8197d560e4214e36973612174e345073926cfb6424a944a8bdf4d7c275fe2fd146fe467c0ddd266c16f3586300a6
Homepage: https://cloud-init.io/
Description: initialization and customization tool for cloud instances
Description-md5: d4ea791a4ab9dd98376dbd623e6f7fde
Task: cloud-minimal, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server-minimal, ubuntu-wsl, xubuntu-minimal, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, edubuntu-desktop-gnome-minimal, edubuntu-desktop-gnome, edubuntu-desktop-gnome-raspi