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

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "google-osconfig-agent" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install google-osconfig-agent on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install google-osconfig-agent

2. Uninstall "google-osconfig-agent" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall google-osconfig-agent on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove google-osconfig-agent $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the google-osconfig-agent package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: google-osconfig-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20210219.00-0ubuntu1~16.04.0
Built-Using: golang-1.13 (= 1.13.8-1ubuntu1~16.04.3)
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 38159
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/g/google-osconfig-agent/google-osconfig-agent_20210219.00-0ubuntu1~16.04.0_amd64.deb
Size: 6804698
MD5sum: 8fd6d09abc66db0883623fa637e5bdff
SHA1: f163e0fd15452101ade3d5161fc87c4fd1808acf
SHA256: 3d1eababc818e95fb244b56758e357db0aab30e8f6b01efe5ba7bc37ef22708b
SHA512: a43ff623b825125213a0523dc1b9dbc3853ea047f5714fa56529d6b34a7ab2cfce1a3b76c1fd6d19ecd8ff8e899143727cd965c0a8f55f0bfdc868e91a6ef9f3
Homepage: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/osconfig
Description-en: Google OS Config Agent
The OS Config agent currently supports the following main features:
* OS inventory management
* OS patch management
* OS configuration management
Description-md5: d340d4bbff21c26cce4994d051e1eed4