How to Install and Uninstall cloud-init Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 24,2024

You can also install and uninstall the cloud-init on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "cloud-init" package

Please follow the steps below to install cloud-init on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "cloud-init" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall cloud-init on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cloud-init package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: cloud-init
Architecture: all
Version: 23.4.4-0ubuntu0~22.04.1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2993
Depends: cloud-guest-utils | cloud-utils, isc-dhcp-client, iproute2, netplan.io, procps, python3, python3-debconf, python3-netifaces, python3-requests, python3-serial, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, python3-configobj, python3-jinja2, python3-jsonpatch, python3-jsonschema, python3-oauthlib, python3-yaml, python3:any
Recommends: eatmydata, gdisk, gnupg, python3-apt, software-properties-common
Suggests: openssh-server, ssh-import-id
Filename: pool/main/c/cloud-init/cloud-init_23.4.4-0ubuntu0~22.04.1_all.deb
Size: 551084
MD5sum: 35b2460e9c462e9fad79744088fc1905
SHA1: 5446429c499d42f38ec88ca441da57e313534c12
SHA256: 7e4a37ec13bcdc4377d0e3719d7b6d2eb654195005c848de9ac6568b9bc87333
SHA512: 82c0bdab8da073dbb166c288d7ef2635cb384a3e32fea59c5f8fb7648e9e9df7b9ea4d9596db44fd340b7efa5448d0a56b78eb152712d4356614a023701363db
Homepage: https://cloud-init.io/
Description: initialization and customization tool for cloud instances
Description-md5: d4ea791a4ab9dd98376dbd623e6f7fde
Task: server-minimal, cloud-image

Package: cloud-init
Architecture: all
Version: 23.1.2-0ubuntu0~22.04.1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2809
Depends: cloud-guest-utils | cloud-utils, isc-dhcp-client, iproute2, netplan.io, procps, python3, python3-debconf, python3-netifaces, python3-requests, python3-serial, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, python3-configobj, python3-jinja2, python3-jsonpatch, python3-jsonschema, python3-oauthlib, python3-yaml, python3:any
Recommends: eatmydata, gdisk, gnupg, software-properties-common
Suggests: openssh-server, ssh-import-id
Filename: pool/main/c/cloud-init/cloud-init_23.1.2-0ubuntu0~22.04.1_all.deb
Size: 530940
MD5sum: 0353903e7a8ae72cfa2382d59c04ec06
SHA1: d5cba632f7d9a0fe0908debcde0f7c7a8ca1d28b
SHA256: 5ecc6e3b4fdc8ed2961eb76cca067cefe31e1a78094de8744ad525311238b002
SHA512: 52adb8bd09822d94761ff3be0fcd61cfd38d9ca7033531a0453e11cd98edb83cd883ef098670981a06ec76485438ad7082224397102482fc1c26336a28e19436
Homepage: https://cloud-init.io/
Description: initialization and customization tool for cloud instances
Description-md5: d4ea791a4ab9dd98376dbd623e6f7fde
Task: server-minimal, cloud-image

Package: cloud-init
Architecture: all
Version: 22.1-14-g2e17a0d6-0ubuntu1~22.04.5
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2494
Depends: cloud-guest-utils | cloud-utils, isc-dhcp-client, iproute2, netplan.io, procps, python3, python3-netifaces, python3-requests, python3-serial, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, python3-configobj, python3-jinja2, python3-jsonpatch, python3-jsonschema, python3-oauthlib, python3-yaml, python3:any
Recommends: eatmydata, gdisk, gnupg, software-properties-common
Filename: pool/main/c/cloud-init/cloud-init_22.1-14-g2e17a0d6-0ubuntu1~22.04.5_all.deb
Size: 476302
MD5sum: c8e748990c0ac3359e2fdbc6cba159fe
SHA1: 672a88851e8a4823f1b07ee84af5ef935ac2bdfb
SHA256: 6137f2e7b200e788fd21cbd1b44cd44eab23a37a9c75b27c56c04a832a8400b1
SHA512: 68872cdd0301c54f8fd2f218c8e1a4fb6018e5876319bb6142d4ad1e6659ad7efd2fd73c2029cda130bad2e7c55778f150e3947c8adc98801b5decfd98b3073c
Homepage: https://cloud-init.io/
Description: initialization and customization tool for cloud instances
Description-md5: d4ea791a4ab9dd98376dbd623e6f7fde
Task: server-minimal, cloud-image