How to Install and Uninstall google-guest-agent Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "google-guest-agent" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install google-guest-agent on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "google-guest-agent" package

Learn how to uninstall google-guest-agent on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 google-guest-agent package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: google-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20240213.00-0ubuntu1
Built-Using: golang-1.22 (= 1.22.0-2)
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 45598
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), google-compute-engine-oslogin (>= 20231004.00-0ubuntu1)
Breaks: gce-compute-image-packages (<< 20191115), python3-google-compute-engine
Replaces: gce-compute-image-packages (<< 20191115)
Filename: pool/main/g/google-guest-agent/google-guest-agent_20240213.00-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 13592116
MD5sum: 2e47586c706a5d84076fe1ea411d91b3
SHA1: 66b7bb7090085f4758d114fdfd9ae8eb34e98f64
SHA256: 7af2b77be698ee3dd86e6397ba04eb9e1d19276363f5baa5312b0d1ce7b42679
SHA512: bef558165234a3d3bc9f301c4f8533a64955dbff9c06b9bf8828c91da2221e0b4ee3e10d655a65c6577ea3279ce5633e3706fb0bbbbe12691be48372627409a4
Homepage: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/guest-agent
Description: Google Compute Engine Guest Agent
Description-md5: 631281603d95decc0c24b058cbfb142f