How to Install and Uninstall google-compute-engine Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: April 25,2024

1. Install "google-compute-engine" package

This tutorial shows how to install google-compute-engine on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "google-compute-engine" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall google-compute-engine on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the google-compute-engine package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: google-compute-engine
Architecture: all
Version: 20230808.00-0ubuntu1~20.04.0
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Source: gce-compute-image-packages
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Daniel Watkins
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 76
Provides: irqbalance
Depends: google-compute-engine-oslogin (>> 20190801), google-guest-agent, nvme-cli
Recommends: rsyslog | system-log-daemon
Suggests: libpam-cracklib
Conflicts: gce-cloud-config, gce-compute-image-packages (<< 20191115), gce-daemon, gce-startup-scripts
Replaces: gce-cloud-config, gce-compute-image-packages (<< 20191115), gce-daemon, gce-startup-scripts
Filename: pool/main/g/gce-compute-image-packages/google-compute-engine_20230808.00-0ubuntu1~20.04.0_all.deb
Size: 13820
MD5sum: 9355072471d481dd65d4c091a28a27f4
SHA1: 076b4c60caabe599ff988a2a17a487d8451647f3
SHA256: db35bde7940b5f533b94cd68629138cbc844d9dc7af1968ac2775ea3461e0e95
SHA512: cac9246bb4904a959aeb22e128599373ceed9847e8c5c6dc1b89f4941614fd3689c2be45146799091cd5314d56ae2b8404970a56233d79c79dfea5a7a0161033
Homepage: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/compute-image-packages
Description: Google Compute Engine guest environment.
Description-md5: 3d02273d24f60afb7027868edacd1b20