How to Install and Uninstall google-guest-agent Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "google-guest-agent" package

This tutorial shows how to install google-guest-agent on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall google-guest-agent on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: google-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20210414.00-0ubuntu1
Built-Using: golang-1.16 (= 1.16.2-0ubuntu1)
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 20147
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_amd64.deb
Size: 5650996
MD5sum: 100ffaa3381b68c0837d214bf818dde2
SHA1: 317330b9aaf4666d9681f6fce4065c43f0574bc1
SHA256: 1fce12e7cd2c174626e439578099b83d38213994adf9beb6fbfab35ee5e1c66b
SHA512: 71e3e1ee093899c2fad0d6d5f1b0c3292b7fa465cef24a8eae0db73a77984f1deba359b8a000d896db190a85f0c92a79719e3e1397c964267e83a1e8623ca149
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

Package: google-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20201217.02-0ubuntu1
Built-Using: golang-1.15 (= 1.15.4-1ubuntu1)
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 21882
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_20201217.02-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 6061048
MD5sum: 6872b4e27ed061bab948c3b8bcf303ae
SHA1: c6126cc9d18674ea2075a351e8fb008b203c2061
SHA256: bda1b75f7b4f64f8da5dc817ad200972adaf77799b0f3139efa92aef1b35ad81
SHA512: 57f590f87b6c5b8ded73e207ec5a719972a75b60c57bf76b433b79e7ce31f1ded507aa3d35c606510c42f96f0a3df7c002668141091e3d19b6b6592f599b8a09
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