How to Install and Uninstall google-guest-agent Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 25,2024

You can also install and uninstall the google-guest-agent 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 "google-guest-agent" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install google-guest-agent on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "google-guest-agent" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall google-guest-agent on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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3. Information about the google-guest-agent package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: google-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20231004.02-0ubuntu1~22.04.3
Built-Using: golang-1.21 (= 1.21.1-1~ubuntu22.04.2)
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 43976
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), google-compute-engine-oslogin (>= 20231004.00-0ubuntu1~22.04.1)
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_20231004.02-0ubuntu1~22.04.3_amd64.deb
Size: 13202998
MD5sum: 816cbab190d090885e9ac434170b1141
SHA1: edbe7db78c3d92cf0945b96e07e677303598cb0c
SHA256: f8377f1f20bd118bdbbc1b62fbe49e059fc369c445eb589d11f3318448873c20
SHA512: a5d2377e36b148370b07e150241b94a4b16fbd75275c08e4a58a467eab289ecd39b83da9fd5010aaeedd877d92d983a8f148ca3797db8faa2143f91793fc64da
Homepage: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/guest-agent
Description: Google Compute Engine Guest Agent
Description-md5: 631281603d95decc0c24b058cbfb142f

Package: google-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20220104.00-0ubuntu2
Built-Using: golang-1.17 (= 1.17.3-1ubuntu1)
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 19510
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
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_20220104.00-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 6141746
MD5sum: 7f56da6052b9f1630384b2fb4898adfd
SHA1: eb4183058ced592138459f30c53b935043c51157
SHA256: e6905741ae5c448dac7d6d5d4e5ea7b0f597d5d4b92453aa2dbb84ba6d32614e
SHA512: a3e38e67d00838a780b10be75506b501a647f53230a9101a0516d8ddb7fc86843f8ab12a5906dc752a154a9fde6c0c59890b74ace88277f6ffe5b2edfd96d086
Homepage: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/guest-agent
Description: Google Compute Engine Guest Agent
Description-md5: 631281603d95decc0c24b058cbfb142f