How to Install and Uninstall google-guest-agent Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "google-guest-agent" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install google-guest-agent on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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 is a short guide on how to uninstall google-guest-agent on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: google-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20210414.00-0ubuntu1~20.10.0
Built-Using: golang-1.14 (= 1.14.7-2ubuntu1.1)
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 23647
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.32)
Breaks: gce-compute-image-packages (<< 20191115), python3-google-compute-engine
Replaces: gce-compute-image-packages (<< 20191115)
Filename: pool/main/g/google-guest-agent/google-guest-agent_20210414.00-0ubuntu1~20.10.0_amd64.deb
Size: 6780520
MD5sum: 610173075d548290d5709fb7e3534094
SHA1: 12c15323c60fe0f329ba52fac9f032677f3f7230
SHA256: 35093d893cb22ccdebd4394a1e849cee6f9d599df18a4e68151c34c8ea7f7027
SHA512: 887c69b14f5cb52512cf79868b974e0405f1ef04bda23eb74acf78d28b1c0aba6b0678350aa206c4edff67ec57b3c050454acfc012ec28527fc09d6cf557e949
Homepage: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/guest-agent
Description-en: Google Compute Engine Guest Agent
Contains the guest agent and metadata script runner binaries.
Description-md5: 631281603d95decc0c24b058cbfb142f
Phased-Update-Percentage: 40

Package: google-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20200617.00-0ubuntu5
Built-Using: golang-1.14 (= 1.14.7-2ubuntu1)
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 23646
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.32)
Breaks: gce-compute-image-packages (<< 20191115)
Replaces: gce-compute-image-packages (<< 20191115)
Filename: pool/main/g/google-guest-agent/google-guest-agent_20200617.00-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 6779060
MD5sum: 3497c6b5f341159f8e8d85d24493fbf4
SHA1: 9261b3887b58f82747a89b1378f4ad219cf53f63
SHA256: 1ecf2d36584b502ec735592f9563f4d4d0347cb356dd130248a8cf4e13a123e3
SHA512: b5ee933b7a3dc35cb30ed77bfac4398a14be1b81102c9e2bea1356782d39404abc084275c030e9390429c1f4dadeb7a78d40addce7d73af1a84d19f132e85290
Homepage: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/guest-agent
Description-en: Google Compute Engine Guest Agent
Contains the guest agent and metadata script runner binaries.
Description-md5: 631281603d95decc0c24b058cbfb142f