How to Install and Uninstall cloud-init Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "cloud-init" package

Please follow the guidance below to install cloud-init on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall cloud-init on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: cloud-init
Architecture: all
Version: 22.2-0ubuntu1~18.04.3
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2530
Depends: cloud-guest-utils | cloud-utils, isc-dhcp-client, iproute2, netplan.io | ifupdown, procps, python3, 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 (>= 3.3.2-2~)
Recommends: eatmydata, gdisk, software-properties-common
Suggests: openssh-server, ssh-import-id
Filename: pool/main/c/cloud-init/cloud-init_22.2-0ubuntu1~18.04.3_all.deb
Size: 492784
MD5sum: 34f7ddd0bfac888618ff93c2dcf3aa2d
SHA1: 328a95ee87ab1556815d443633bfdfdef564180c
SHA256: 6436ccc5562476de43cd26d2389ab81f55120ebac627df11eeb1d295f8be6eba
SHA512: 4c0382ff9d38db96e7931f22f1c28a9a07fbefc084d2bfd681e950df2f94e122ea98e781a78c7fd66040ce37adff623318baacbc8d2f061e4ac810448de7aced
Description: Init scripts for cloud instances
Description-md5: 8719ef0e4178017b7147590b1fde082e
Task: ubuntu-core, cloud-image
Supported: 5y

Package: cloud-init
Architecture: all
Version: 18.2-14-g6d48d265-0ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Scott Moser
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1760
Depends: cloud-guest-utils | cloud-utils, nplan | ifupdown, procps, python3, python3-requests, python3-serial, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, python3-configobj, python3-jinja2, python3-jsonpatch, python3-jsonschema, python3-oauthlib, python3-six, python3-yaml, python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~)
Recommends: eatmydata, gdisk, software-properties-common
Filename: pool/main/c/cloud-init/cloud-init_18.2-14-g6d48d265-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 353892
MD5sum: 7885d98be61898bd18ac58762b03170e
SHA1: 86a20bbc65afd27f5d22e3527031f27d3aadef1d
SHA256: b8a10963548fa938a7e6899b3e21d51622191f9a4d84c30b62301339b9fda3a9
Description: Init scripts for cloud instances
Description-md5: 8719ef0e4178017b7147590b1fde082e
Task: ubuntu-core, cloud-image
Supported: 5y