How to Install and Uninstall google-guest-agent Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "google-guest-agent" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install google-guest-agent on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall google-guest-agent on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: google-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20220622.00-0ubuntu2~18.04.0
Built-Using: golang-1.13 (= 1.13.8-1ubuntu1~18.04.3)
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 23912
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Breaks: gce-compute-image-packages (<< 20191115), python3-google-compute-engine
Replaces: gce-compute-image-packages (<< 20191115)
Filename: pool/universe/g/google-guest-agent/google-guest-agent_20220622.00-0ubuntu2~18.04.0_amd64.deb
Size: 6767660
MD5sum: 89856da380bf3b523c3a35a951795184
SHA1: 4af1856f1b98d4c08dc51a2f1bdab69524034591
SHA256: 3d18b0b8bdf177a5472229a0db93c6cec11ae8c75e2cdc9dd08d12473e2b8158
SHA512: 7213f332e46de3053b42f0c9eb46ede12cf023507aade76b826681f10ef30f55b4bd6437e2fbbc50eba3c7d95a50671dae60ee77e6cea42ce72e42799e1ee2f1
Homepage: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/guest-agent
Description: Google Compute Engine Guest Agent
Description-md5: 631281603d95decc0c24b058cbfb142f