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

Last updated: November 25,2024

1. Install "gce-cloud-config" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gce-cloud-config on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gce-cloud-config
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gce-cloud-config" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall gce-cloud-config 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 gce-cloud-config package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gce-cloud-config
Source: gce-utils
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 26
Maintainer: Ben Howard
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.3.3-0ubuntu6~16.04.0
Recommends: google-cloud-sdk, libpam-cracklib
Depends: gce-daemon
Pre-Depends: gce-startup-scripts, ntp, cloud-init
Filename: pool/partner/g/gce-utils/gce-cloud-config_1.3.3-0ubuntu6~16.04.0_amd64.deb
Size: 4520
MD5sum: d85a8ae70ecfab36e658b46b6627176f
SHA1: 96807288f88fac3aa2bfde83fc3ed2c7acb1ee1f
SHA256: 5008e32c4d75d1d0c40e35f6129024fbdd808025d40809ec1760c0f84fa3326d
Description-en: Configuration for Ubuntu on Google Compute Engine
Configuration for using both Cloud-init and the Google Startup scripts
on Google Compute Engine. This package allows Cloud-init and the Startup
scripts to work together.
Description-md5: df659787f100694d1fcd363d5e5e5044
Original-Maintainer: Google Inc