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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "lxd-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install lxd-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "lxd-tools" package

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

Package: lxd-tools
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
Source: lxd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 14925
Depends: python3, python3-lxc, libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/l/lxd/lxd-tools_3.0.3-0ubuntu1~16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 3564336
MD5sum: 5895f7a067d2b2197922e8461d6fa26c
SHA1: 7d8abb2e9ecbf4116cfcc7ff1b5d9ae6a8f63b22
SHA256: 25113e582362f379fdb0a1922536d07dd87b64f04cbc2c3e9a3212d6cf613e53
SHA512: a341310ae933fdc5ce0ed9fa8bf783417ef9f43e38e571a5b0e86709fce7615264fa9c7b8b5df0bda8689a274439740a6bce29af149b04a48e1a46b65b66b064
Homepage: https://linuxcontainers.org/
Description-en: Container hypervisor based on LXC - extra tools
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 extra tools provided with LXD.
- fuidshift - A tool to map/unmap filesystem uids/gids
- lxc-to-lxd - A tool to migrate LXC containers to LXD
- lxd-benchmark - A benchmarking tool for LXD
Description-md5: 0dfa59a5cd7d8576e3182fb10faa4e93
Supported: 5y

Package: lxd-tools
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
Source: lxd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5893
Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.51-8), libc6 (>= 2.9)
Filename: pool/main/l/lxd/lxd-tools_2.0.11-0ubuntu1~16.04.4_amd64.deb
Size: 1376482
MD5sum: 79b26c8020c32dff5df643a0cbeabcb4
SHA1: 51066fbd627e339aa8021d8eb2dcea1cf9b0b843
SHA256: 48915aadc33a153534d594d0cf58da8c068ad17a11bc519880a1b857d2d31456
SHA512: d79eb23235bbc55069e04e70430932c17ecf2825ef1fb503a3cff1d063339210c4435a6dac81e2028112b0f90e091b5a4b5e4490c334f8666b6545b19470d167
Homepage: https://linuxcontainers.org/
Description-en: Container hypervisor based on LXC - extra tools
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 extra tools provided with LXD.
- fuidshift - A tool to map/unmap filesystem uids/gids
Description-md5: 1a9559067df933dcdc0a247f80f45ba8
Supported: 5y

Package: lxd-tools
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
Source: lxd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5826
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.9)
Filename: pool/main/l/lxd/lxd-tools_2.0.2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1355076
MD5sum: 931b05c5564f8bce1708642843d88928
SHA1: 0a5648a48cc95bae7b13612e89eb1a757c91a4e5
SHA256: 85c95673a268fc73eb08d587a798c628d235d65119c83de949e4e7290ab94d80
SHA512: d09e6324dcdd72947033efaafc5681236c5f2774f0359ac81391095bf9a0cb7fa63d76218b8813d40101fcf571bc3f73f8675451974b5358f31ff95405a10399
Homepage: https://linuxcontainers.org/
Description-en: Container hypervisor based on LXC - extra tools
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 extra tools provided with LXD.
- fuidshift - A tool to map/unmap filesystem uids/gids
Description-md5: 1a9559067df933dcdc0a247f80f45ba8
Supported: 5y

Package: lxd-tools
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 5825
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Architecture: amd64
Source: lxd
Version: 2.0.0-0ubuntu4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.9)
Filename: pool/main/l/lxd/lxd-tools_2.0.0-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 1355356
MD5sum: fae42bb5d632917adf55527659bf846f
SHA1: 4aaf792a4de64114fa4763ce1ca40c6a73f38163
SHA256: c3037d785fc8e42df92dc60169dff115caae31f5a137976c21a424106e3965c8
Description-en: Container hypervisor based on LXC - extra tools
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 extra tools provided with LXD.
- fuidshift - A tool to map/unmap filesystem uids/gids
Description-md5: 1a9559067df933dcdc0a247f80f45ba8
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