How to Install and Uninstall lxd Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "lxd" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install lxd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "lxd" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall lxd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lxd package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: lxd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.0.3-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
Built-Using: golang-1.10 (= 1.10.4-2ubuntu1~16.04.1)
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 20147
Depends: acl, adduser, dnsmasq-base, ebtables, iproute2, iptables, liblxc1 (>= 3.0.0~), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), lxcfs (>= 3.0.0~), lxd-client (= 3.0.3-0ubuntu1~16.04.1), passwd (>= 1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu5~), rsync, squashfs-tools, uidmap (>= 1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu5~), xdelta3, xz-utils, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libc6 (>= 2.14), libuv1 (>= 1.4.2)
Recommends: apparmor
Suggests: criu, lxd-tools
Filename: pool/main/l/lxd/lxd_3.0.3-0ubuntu1~16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 5542190
MD5sum: 3fb7d1ad5bc51f7091e8b1fe8ec192ab
SHA1: f4723692d9261c456a45aaaf8fa4dfa5ac2f8e40
SHA256: b8666180fc6f4eb58a800400bebbdbd1680cf609add0613070cd074c90a34997
SHA512: d5d13b022febaeed90d05f7fb68d0e4bc34465791217fe753f42b015ec62b2897cf49d61ea04291e5ab460b1162aeb123a4fa6944a7ae6a09f629a25d8b290e1
Homepage: https://linuxcontainers.org/
Description-en: Container hypervisor based on LXC - daemon
LXD offers a REST API to remotely manage containers over the network,
using an image based workflow and with support for live migration.
.
This package contains the LXD daemon.
Description-md5: aae21ff20f4cc6a1e21b22e39cdd87bf
Task: cloud-image, server
Supported: 5y

Package: lxd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4
Built-Using: golang-1.6 (= 1.6.2-0ubuntu5~16.04.4), golang-context (= 0.0~git20140604.1.14f550f-1), golang-defaults (= 2:1.6-1ubuntu4), golang-github-gorilla-mux (= 0.0~git20150814.0.f7b6aaa-1), golang-github-gosexy-gettext (= 0~git20130221-0ubuntu6), golang-github-mattn-go-colorable (= 0.0~git20160226.9cbef7c3-1), golang-github-mattn-go-sqlite3 (= 1.1.0~dfsg1-1), golang-github-olekukonko-tablewriter (= 0.0~git20151029.0.a5eefc2-1), golang-github-pborman-uuid (= 0.0+git20150824.0.cccd189-1ubuntu1), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.0~git20151201.0.7b85b09-2), golang-gocapability-dev (= 0.0~git20150506.1.66ef2aa-1ubuntu1), golang-gopkg-flosch-pongo2.v3 (= 3.0+git20141028.0.5e81b81-0ubuntu1), golang-gopkg-inconshreveable-log15.v2 (= 2.11+git20150921.0.b105bd3-0ubuntu1), golang-gopkg-lxc-go-lxc.v2 (= 0.0~git20161126.1.82a07a6-0ubuntu1~ubuntu16.04.1), golang-gopkg-tomb.v2 (= 0.0~git20140626.14b3d72-1), golang-goprotobuf (= 0.0~git20150526-2), golang-petname (= 2.4-0ubuntu1~16.04), golang-websocket (= 0.0~git20150811.0.b6ab76f-1), golang-yaml.v2 (= 0.0+git20160301.0.a83829b-1)
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 17115
Pre-Depends: debconf
Depends: acl, adduser, dnsmasq-base, iptables, liblxc1 (>= 2.0.0~), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), lxd-client (= 2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4), lxcfs, netcat-openbsd, rsync, squashfs-tools, uidmap, xz-utils, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libc6 (>= 2.14), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.7.15)
Suggests: criu, lxd-tools
Filename: pool/main/l/lxd/lxd_2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4_amd64.deb
Size: 3505370
MD5sum: fb632fa471544aa0c63c5ea04f802e75
SHA1: a818c2ad831104592a94493fa5a8a4fc805ec05c
SHA256: 0416df6e27d554f5959ad203e299f7735f1bb3d48cddf8de3d50631d9f3b00af
SHA512: 6f88ff54749226043e795caf7016b5ee4d7ab1547e336d59c270fdb83e72eb48ad9e8f82dcf0124a77aa39d15696365e1ec0b7587d818b2495ed62d776d1e304
Homepage: https://linuxcontainers.org/
Description-en: Container hypervisor based on LXC - daemon
LXD offers a REST API to remotely manage containers over the network,
using an image based workflow and with support for live migration.
.
This package contains the LXD daemon.
Description-md5: aae21ff20f4cc6a1e21b22e39cdd87bf
Task: cloud-image, server
Supported: 5y

Package: lxd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
Built-Using: golang-1.6 (= 1.6.1-0ubuntu1), golang-context (= 0.0~git20140604.1.14f550f-1), golang-defaults (= 2:1.6-1ubuntu4), golang-github-coreos-go-systemd (= 3-2), golang-github-gorilla-mux (= 0.0~git20150814.0.f7b6aaa-1), golang-github-gosexy-gettext (= 0~git20130221-0ubuntu6), golang-github-mattn-go-colorable (= 0.0~git20160226.9cbef7c3-1), golang-github-mattn-go-sqlite3 (= 1.1.0~dfsg1-1), golang-github-olekukonko-tablewriter (= 0.0~git20151029.0.a5eefc2-1), golang-github-pborman-uuid (= 0.0+git20150824.0.cccd189-1ubuntu1), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.0~git20151201.0.7b85b09-2), golang-gocapability-dev (= 0.0~git20150506.1.66ef2aa-1ubuntu1), golang-gopkg-flosch-pongo2.v3 (= 3.0+git20141028.0.5e81b81-0ubuntu1), golang-gopkg-inconshreveable-log15.v2 (= 2.11+git20150921.0.b105bd3-0ubuntu1), golang-gopkg-lxc-go-lxc.v2 (= 0.0~git20160405.0.85d46fc-0ubuntu2), golang-gopkg-tomb.v2 (= 0.0~git20140626.14b3d72-1), golang-goprotobuf (= 0.0~git20150526-2), golang-petname (= 1.10-0ubuntu1), golang-websocket (= 0.0~git20150811.0.b6ab76f-1), golang-yaml.v2 (= 0.0+git20160301.0.a83829b-1)
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 18032
Pre-Depends: debconf
Depends: acl, adduser, dnsmasq-base, iptables, liblxc1 (>= 1.1.0~), lxcfs, netcat-openbsd, rsync, uidmap, xz-utils, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), libc6 (>= 2.14), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.7.15)
Recommends: lxd-client
Suggests: criu, lxd-tools
Filename: pool/main/l/lxd/lxd_2.0.2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 3652198
MD5sum: 281e50e072a2359ccc69d8f538daefca
SHA1: 264e9779096b4efb838f6d79e08390139f866d3e
SHA256: a236080b978d90ddbded7798ce963d4bc3fa91653a48e2c7ad9ab7c8b40f12ea
SHA512: 26af81ba9628c2158992c3b7bdd90c10afd36b2c8201558949ece9dfa2e16127415ef29749d2b8a3761cd7263b099f8cca2bbb8fb64d21485b168ad3b934e359
Homepage: https://linuxcontainers.org/
Description-en: Container hypervisor based on LXC - daemon
LXD offers a REST API to remotely manage containers over the network,
using an image based workflow and with support for live migration.
.
This package contains the LXD daemon.
Description-md5: aae21ff20f4cc6a1e21b22e39cdd87bf
Task: cloud-image, server
Supported: 5y

Package: lxd
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 17987
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.0-0ubuntu4
Depends: acl, adduser, dnsmasq-base, iptables, liblxc1 (>= 1.1.0~), lxcfs, netcat-openbsd, rsync, uidmap, xz-utils, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), libc6 (>= 2.14), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.7.15)
Pre-Depends: debconf
Recommends: lxd-client
Suggests: criu, lxd-tools
Filename: pool/main/l/lxd/lxd_2.0.0-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 3643050
MD5sum: 38d380e5b0df42785fb2f54ba7fdaffa
SHA1: fd0d8cfaa9f70d0458e21d60ec29ff242f2765ba
SHA256: 9aad6eb1f7a3444184da3421e7d2713e9a60d788723a85f1161c8ea5ec8c0a3b
Description-en: Container hypervisor based on LXC - daemon
LXD offers a REST API to remotely manage containers over the network,
using an image based workflow and with support for live migration.
.
This package contains the LXD daemon.
Description-md5: aae21ff20f4cc6a1e21b22e39cdd87bf
Built-Using: golang-1.6 (= 1.6.1-0ubuntu1), golang-context (= 0.0~git20140604.1.14f550f-1), golang-defaults (= 2:1.6-1ubuntu4), golang-github-coreos-go-systemd (= 3-2), golang-github-gorilla-mux (= 0.0~git20150814.0.f7b6aaa-1), golang-github-gosexy-gettext (= 0~git20130221-0ubuntu6), golang-github-mattn-go-colorable (= 0.0~git20160226.9cbef7c3-1), golang-github-mattn-go-sqlite3 (= 1.1.0~dfsg1-1), golang-github-olekukonko-tablewriter (= 0.0~git20151029.0.a5eefc2-1), golang-github-pborman-uuid (= 0.0+git20150824.0.cccd189-1ubuntu1), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.0~git20151201.0.7b85b09-2), golang-gocapability-dev (= 0.0~git20150506.1.66ef2aa-1ubuntu1), golang-gopkg-flosch-pongo2.v3 (= 3.0+git20141028.0.5e81b81-0ubuntu1), golang-gopkg-inconshreveable-log15.v2 (= 2.11+git20150921.0.b105bd3-0ubuntu1), golang-gopkg-lxc-go-lxc.v2 (= 0.0~git20160405.0.85d46fc-0ubuntu2), golang-gopkg-tomb.v2 (= 0.0~git20140626.14b3d72-1), golang-goprotobuf (= 0.0~git20150526-2), golang-petname (= 1.10-0ubuntu1), golang-websocket (= 0.0~git20150811.0.b6ab76f-1), golang-yaml.v2 (= 0.0+git20160301.0.a83829b-1)
Homepage: https://linuxcontainers.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: cloud-image, server