How to Install and Uninstall containerd Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: July 08,2024

1. Install "containerd" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install containerd on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install containerd

2. Uninstall "containerd" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall containerd on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):

$ sudo apt remove containerd $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the containerd package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: containerd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.5-0ubuntu3~18.04.2
Built-Using: golang-1.13 (= 1.13.8-1ubuntu1~18.04.3)
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 146847
Depends: runc (>= 1.0.0~rc2~), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Breaks: docker.io (<< 19.03.13-0ubuntu4)
Filename: pool/universe/c/containerd/containerd_1.5.5-0ubuntu3~18.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 32998940
MD5sum: 78461dca6e6486fac245f5caca54c88d
SHA1: 112dfc5bcf01031b7ad43c3c6f9679dbb8574052
SHA256: 1f430cec14a2fb8a5a5c5befbfa1d600cb6a4afaeb5933f8327134a35175d267
SHA512: e6dde73f2be4c51898d4577f9f9cea4809212f034dd7a84196f70d7c968bf41043371aa9b8996d0ba29a35305c815ff4cb55ec49d4250b7f4cd3bc188f799433
Homepage: https://containerd.io
Description: daemon to control runC
Description-md5: 6a31c7373bc525a830776e3e75d55eda

Package: containerd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.2.5-0ubuntu2
Built-Using: golang-1.8 (= 1.8.3-2ubuntu1)
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Go Packaging Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 16159
Depends: runc (>= 1.0.0~rc2~), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/c/containerd/containerd_0.2.5-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 3742034
MD5sum: fe82dd53caa4057a922565f2a760ab9a
SHA1: ead1be1e840fa64a23b47db78087ce8d47fb2391
SHA256: f464673946ad13e45cdb01fc3f7a91f3710f1e604bdffdffe6c6b82236899912
Homepage: https://containerd.tools
Description: daemon to control runC
Description-md5: 6a31c7373bc525a830776e3e75d55eda