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

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "rkt" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install rkt on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install rkt

2. Uninstall "rkt" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall rkt on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):

$ sudo apt remove rkt $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

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

Package: rkt
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.29.0+dfsg-1
Built-Using: docker-registry (= 2.6.2~ds1-1), golang-1.9 (= 1.9.2-3ubuntu1), golang-context (= 1.1-2ubuntu2), golang-github-appc-cni (= 0.3.0+dfsg-1), golang-github-appc-docker2aci (= 0.14.0+dfsg-2), golang-github-appc-spec (= 0.8.9+dfsg-1), golang-github-aws-aws-sdk-go (= 1.4.22+dfsg-1), golang-github-coreos-go-systemd (= 14-1), golang-github-coreos-ioprogress (= 0.0~git20151023.0.4637e49-1), golang-github-coreos-pkg (= 3-1), golang-github-coreos-semver (= 0.2.0-2), golang-github-cznic-b (= 0.0~git20151027.0.01b13d7-1), golang-github-cznic-bufs (= 0.0~git20140818.0.3dcccbd-1), golang-github-cznic-fileutil (= 0.0~git20150708.0.1c9c88f-3), golang-github-cznic-lldb (= 1.0.1-1), golang-github-cznic-mathutil (= 0.0~git20150605.0.a804f0f-1), golang-github-cznic-ql (= 1.0.6-1), golang-github-cznic-sortutil (= 0.0~git20150617.0.4c73428-2), golang-github-cznic-strutil (= 0.0~git20150430.0.1eb03e3-2), golang-github-cznic-zappy (= 0.0~git20160305.0.4f5e6ef-1), golang-github-dustin-go-humanize (= 0.0~git20170228.0.259d2a1-1), golang-github-go-ini-ini (= 1.28.2-1), golang-github-google-btree (= 0.0~git20161217.0.316fb6d-1), golang-github-gorilla-mux (= 1.1-4), golang-github-hashicorp-errwrap (= 0.0~git20141028.0.7554cd9-2), golang-github-hashicorp-golang-lru (= 0.0~git20160813.0.0a025b7-2), golang-github-jmespath-go-jmespath (= 0.2.2-2), golang-github-jonboulle-clockwork (= 0.1.0-4), golang-github-klauspost-compress (= 1.2.1-4), golang-github-klauspost-cpuid (= 1.1+dfsg1-3), golang-github-klauspost-crc32 (= 1.1-3), golang-github-klauspost-pgzip (= 1.1-1), golang-github-opencontainers-image-spec (= 1.0.0~rc2+dfsg-1), golang-github-opennota-urlesc (= 0.0~git20160726.0.5bd2802-1), golang-github-pborman-uuid (= 0.0+git20150824.0.cccd189-1ubuntu10), golang-github-peterbourgon-diskv (= 2.0.0-1), golang-github-puerkitobio-purell (= 1.1.0-1), golang-github-spf13-cobra (= 0.0.1-1), golang-github-spf13-pflag (= 0.0~git20170508.0.e57e3ee-1), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.0~git20170629.0.5ef0053-1ubuntu2), golang-gocapability-dev (= 0.0~git20160928.0.e7cb7fa-1ubuntu3), golang-gogoprotobuf (= 0.5-1), golang-golang-x-net-dev (= 1:0.0+git20170629.c81e7f2+dfsg-2), golang-google-genproto (= 0.0~git20171123.7f0da29-1), golang-google-grpc (= 1.6.0-3), golang-goprotobuf (= 0.0~git20170808.0.1909bc2-1ubuntu2), golang-x-text (= 0.0~git20170627.0.6353ef0-1ubuntu2)
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dmitry Smirnov
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 49656
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), adduser, systemd (>= 230-3~), systemd-container (>= 228), dbus
Suggests: docker2aci
Filename: pool/universe/r/rkt/rkt_1.29.0+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 39877464
MD5sum: da178259bfcf02c89e1a8fd58c96230a
SHA1: e0f02678bb23f54f9f2367342c11df0bdda702d9
SHA256: f11aaf7d578ae379669ae1b72fdcca71d1ae343e3da1b39298ec1d6e4c7c8748
Homepage: https://github.com/rkt/rkt
Description: CLI for running App Containers
Description-md5: 78c38aa5ed9d488d2152c963de2b0c9f