How to Install and Uninstall cloud-initramfs-rooturl Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "cloud-initramfs-rooturl" package

Please follow the instructions below to install cloud-initramfs-rooturl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cloud-initramfs-rooturl
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cloud-initramfs-rooturl" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall cloud-initramfs-rooturl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 cloud-initramfs-rooturl package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: cloud-initramfs-rooturl
Architecture: all
Version: 0.27ubuntu1.6
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Source: cloud-initramfs-tools
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Scott Moser
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 22
Depends: initramfs-tools
Filename: pool/universe/c/cloud-initramfs-tools/cloud-initramfs-rooturl_0.27ubuntu1.6_all.deb
Size: 4770
MD5sum: ca483cf49a7e383561dde292230cf850
SHA1: ffa3e86f768f12e0887923f44ff3ba50f1248892
SHA256: 789457e4e6d704eaf5b55616dece1e3b5ee1472211724c1cd4583f03e887ec41
SHA512: 47ce16a3b49e8d064dac818d8eaca84671beacf216e06190b41e72abd2a31b5c2543ec9d15f03a11a695039de883d353b07236467fc74bbb1e6a196807488fd2
Homepage: http://launchpad.net/cloud-initramfs-tools
Description-en: use a tarball or squashfs image in a url as the root filesystem
Allows user to pass in root=http://example.com/your.tar.gz
Root filesystem will be tmpfs from that url.
Description-md5: 600f26e2a9d6f264aaac2b9ee0d3a937