How to Install and Uninstall overlayroot Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "overlayroot" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install overlayroot on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall overlayroot on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 overlayroot package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: overlayroot
Architecture: all
Version: 0.47ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Source: cloud-initramfs-tools
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Scott Moser
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 66
Depends: cryptsetup, cryptsetup-bin, initramfs-tools
Suggests: haveged
Filename: pool/main/c/cloud-initramfs-tools/overlayroot_0.47ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 15696
MD5sum: f6390825e723d88590a2d1adc737c7fc
SHA1: 3364b4c18c46b82a44f9e481f7ff3210149d49b3
SHA256: 6272c665dcf2b1523eb0248e5824957aaf7dc9cb5b9f7ef4c5c7a97e14829d21
SHA512: c40834d44b0f1c06d02327a49aeb274b8d26e3fcc22c4b9535b922f360ca5322d9c34383f4fa0686e5841ec70603e5c4e0cfd5140738a92a1c2a123629ccfa33
Homepage: http://launchpad.net/cloud-initramfs-tools
Description-en: use an overlayfs on top of a read-only root filesystem
This package adds functionality to an initramfs built by initramfs-tools.
When installed and configured, the initramfs will mount an overlayfs
filesystem on top of a read-only root volume.
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The changes can be written to a in-memory temporary filesystem, a
filesystem on an existing block device, or a dmcrypt encrypted block
device.
Description-md5: 994a1e190cc10da9cb6f340384617d3c
Task: cloud-image, server, ubuntu-server-raspi