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

Last updated: April 24,2024

1. Install "google-guest-agent" package

Please follow the instructions below to install google-guest-agent on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall google-guest-agent on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: google-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20231004.02-0ubuntu1~20.04.3
Built-Using: golang-1.21 (= 1.21.1-1~ubuntu20.04.2)
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 44000
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.4), google-compute-engine-oslogin (>= 20231004.00-0ubuntu1~20.04.1)
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_20231004.02-0ubuntu1~20.04.3_amd64.deb
Size: 12035960
MD5sum: 0195cf1bd84a6e70fe36c38b272725c5
SHA1: bf73f614d153266d7b7586b6af1fa31e3599629e
SHA256: b136a283e8a1d818492cfde7f22e30c7483aa6c159c798edf584535c15d7c0d0
SHA512: 77224efaeb0fb7129cc5b3460f0f8ea75dca7b32238add4a1bb5ad3a22cd3a19ff9014ffca29187f0e022bd437289d1ed9e27fdfd20904acbdfade1a981763df
Homepage: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/guest-agent
Description: Google Compute Engine Guest Agent
Description-md5: 631281603d95decc0c24b058cbfb142f