How to Install and Uninstall google-guest-agent Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "google-guest-agent" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install google-guest-agent on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "google-guest-agent" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall google-guest-agent 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 google-guest-agent package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: google-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20201217.02-0ubuntu1~16.04.0
Built-Using: golang-1.13 (= 1.13.8-1ubuntu1~16.04.2)
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 42339
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Breaks: gce-compute-image-packages (<< 20191115), python3-google-compute-engine
Replaces: gce-compute-image-packages (<< 20191115)
Filename: pool/universe/g/google-guest-agent/google-guest-agent_20201217.02-0ubuntu1~16.04.0_amd64.deb
Size: 8427362
MD5sum: cd82e5f3fc3eed5fc1855df7124a84cc
SHA1: 45bf345566db1a057c050344add92e10e9910e3e
SHA256: 378d82f89351b67f91bfb8ff351400c9709b473855a2016c4717ee2571f5bdbf
SHA512: 842410fc0ee3fbe582c2922315432e54fcdc9057098d4901c6e589693be36738ff8ba56eb9b95011dd5ffb42da16cd33fd4d034aba95c0defa4cd89f2266d2d9
Homepage: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/guest-agent
Description-en: Google Compute Engine Guest Agent
Contains the guest agent and metadata script runner binaries.
Description-md5: 631281603d95decc0c24b058cbfb142f