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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "lxd" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install lxd on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall lxd on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lxd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lxd package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: lxd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.2
Built-Using: golang-1.10 (= 1.10.4-2ubuntu1~18.04.2)
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 20161
Depends: acl, adduser, dnsmasq-base, ebtables, iproute2, iptables, liblxc1 (>= 2.1.0~), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), lxcfs, lxd-client (= 3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.2), passwd (>= 1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu5~), rsync, squashfs-tools, uidmap (>= 1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu5~), xdelta3, xz-utils, libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libc6 (>= 2.14), libuv1 (>= 1.4.2)
Recommends: apparmor
Suggests: criu, lxd-tools
Filename: pool/main/l/lxd/lxd_3.0.3-0ubuntu1~18.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 5199424
MD5sum: 4eac0392181c6e801d402ffb5c68bd8e
SHA1: aa3abfda875096d48cf6a3a9fe28d8966e35bd80
SHA256: 3d973fbbf78044b064bb137eff68c6a5eabce30ffa0096f0cc33086960ea025f
SHA512: 3014345227b0fb0a047943ca3d4d99e51fddbb3c69b29eb9e5fed2eaccf71885ef48b57f8fc825e86ba92412cbd5c77a0b55da1d9c69b03439ab57396f6f6a14
Homepage: https://linuxcontainers.org/
Description: Container hypervisor based on LXC - daemon
Description-md5: aae21ff20f4cc6a1e21b22e39cdd87bf
Task: cloud-image, server
Supported: 5y

Package: lxd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0.0-0ubuntu4
Built-Using: golang-1.10 (= 1.10.1-1ubuntu2)
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 19415
Depends: acl, adduser, dnsmasq-base, ebtables, iptables, liblxc1 (>= 2.1.0~), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), lxd-client (= 3.0.0-0ubuntu4), lxcfs, passwd (>= 1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu5~), rsync, squashfs-tools, uidmap (>= 1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu5~), xdelta3, xz-utils, libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libc6 (>= 2.14), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.7.15)
Suggests: criu, lxd-tools
Filename: pool/main/l/lxd/lxd_3.0.0-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 5055824
MD5sum: 42c5821a640c0a3a94f4e21449dd50ea
SHA1: 2dac46f33b7ad75403fee89058b3e9b356e6b4cd
SHA256: 0f94a50199a5898ad18bc8d14e87ff9f7770d1f890015da51e9aacb24303f528
Homepage: https://linuxcontainers.org/
Description: Container hypervisor based on LXC - daemon
Description-md5: aae21ff20f4cc6a1e21b22e39cdd87bf
Task: cloud-image, server
Supported: 5y