How to Install and Uninstall overlayroot Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "overlayroot" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install overlayroot on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall overlayroot on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                overlayroot
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the overlayroot package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: overlayroot
Architecture: all
Version: 0.48
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Source: cloud-initramfs-tools
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Scott Moser
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 63
Depends: cryptsetup, cryptsetup-bin, initramfs-tools
Suggests: haveged
Filename: pool/main/c/cloud-initramfs-tools/overlayroot_0.48_all.deb
Size: 15656
MD5sum: 9329580b915b2b7cd916487db4dbd15c
SHA1: 5e70c8f5b9b5c8760c079159b0be06117b273c42
SHA256: 39204483d9aba898eb60ab3a786ff6765bec150b7736b6aae2ed906a7a757fd6
SHA512: 3acd820047625fdc63ea07c21b9d6bb3e3720b6f24cb5b27bdf0ba720b7ff12a5f8261c50954e03df249dddfc6e2de582bad51359d0873346c793dc0e451c78c
Homepage: http://launchpad.net/cloud-initramfs-tools
Description: use an overlayfs on top of a read-only root filesystem
Description-md5: 994a1e190cc10da9cb6f340384617d3c
Task: cloud-image, cloud-image, server, ubuntu-server-raspi