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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "overlayroot" package

Learn how to install overlayroot on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall overlayroot 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 overlayroot package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: overlayroot
Architecture: all
Version: 0.40ubuntu1.1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Source: cloud-initramfs-tools
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Scott Moser
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 65
Depends: cryptsetup, cryptsetup-bin, initramfs-tools
Suggests: haveged
Filename: pool/main/c/cloud-initramfs-tools/overlayroot_0.40ubuntu1.1_all.deb
Size: 15152
MD5sum: 3309acdd38b5e181288b0f9e7108ad60
SHA1: 2d301c1d4bf9ae9562a1eaa8e3744f0fb004e839
SHA256: 402cea45728a38ad7606655d037cadeb8e798dbf0895538a46a67ba2fad1912c
SHA512: 82a14fbd13e674e5e705d425d524f954998202ec651e9659e086b6e77e57d04be077942f42b82762e803774141e1934fd5e0657c6c6098eac2e4f678ade8848d
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, server
Supported: 5y

Package: overlayroot
Architecture: all
Version: 0.40ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Source: cloud-initramfs-tools
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Scott Moser
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 65
Depends: cryptsetup, cryptsetup-bin, initramfs-tools
Suggests: haveged
Filename: pool/main/c/cloud-initramfs-tools/overlayroot_0.40ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 15132
MD5sum: 110d8fdd32c6dccde09c109fb8d558fa
SHA1: b347b5743c35c468597ddfec35621254357c5622
SHA256: bb1365a62784800dc5682f9bbc6856dda032aaaddafe895dd4eebe2e9e1a9952
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, server
Supported: 5y