How to Install and Uninstall guestfsd Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "guestfsd" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install guestfsd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall guestfsd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                guestfsd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the guestfsd package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: guestfsd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.42.0-9ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/libs
Source: libguestfs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Libvirt Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2252
Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libaugeas0 (>= 1.8.0), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libhivex0 (>= 1.3.14), libjansson4 (>= 2.7), libpcre3, libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libsystemd0, libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libtsk13 (>= 4.2.0), libyara4 (>= 4.0.0~), bsdmainutils, diffutils, iproute2 | iproute, udev, binutils, cpio, dosfstools, file, kmod | module-init-tools, lsof, net-tools, parted, procps, scrub, strace, zerofree
Filename: pool/universe/libg/libguestfs/guestfsd_1.42.0-9ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 569588
MD5sum: 85f5ce138f2f68fc44e2c1ea7bc139ee
SHA1: 31b35ef573ce51ff787a1867faa1289c9546ed32
SHA256: fc99a47043193fe1cd43d34975584baf22f99e3a3b20051ef52fdb8dea9f8653
SHA512: 0439bdf1038e5399ebb85596b6383f5fe269ce296791f1a3100ea098950526bb43626c37261e01e877f24e2c3ab3abafab7145a9ddc87543b0ab93cfbdfefff5
Homepage: http://libguestfs.org
Description-en: Daemon to access to guest virtual machine through virtio serial
The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk
images.
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This package contains a standalone version the back-end daemon that
carries out file system access on behalf of libguestfs applications.
It is not needed for regular operation.
Description-md5: 08296bddcf65cda2436f60a7c10347c3