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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "overlayroot" package

This guide let you learn how to install overlayroot on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                overlayroot
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "overlayroot" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall overlayroot on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: overlayroot
Architecture: all
Version: 0.27ubuntu1.6
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Source: cloud-initramfs-tools
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Scott Moser
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 64
Depends: cryptsetup, cryptsetup-bin, initramfs-tools
Suggests: haveged
Filename: pool/main/c/cloud-initramfs-tools/overlayroot_0.27ubuntu1.6_all.deb
Size: 15654
MD5sum: 7fcba8efb727dfde95edfed439c1d052
SHA1: 75fe0b7f2efa1adef93e40b4e09062285296525f
SHA256: c6f539edacd018bd5039617d41d60d6d3b854c430bbe04a7332604efb8b90e5f
SHA512: 3c01b4feab5f3858ef7e0c690a3f084a8f437e14388f7ae46abaa00cf6f2c47d62e9ad22c6655a1eedd306a7ee955572ff8bfb22a8775f34fe15f271af22371d
Homepage: http://launchpad.net/cloud-initramfs-tools
Description-en: use an overlayfs on top of a read-only root filesystem
This package adds functionality to an initramfs built by initramfs-tools.
When installed and configured, the initramfs will mount an overlayfs
filesystem on top of a read-only root volume.
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The changes can be written to a in-memory temporary filesystem, a
filesystem on an existing block device, or a dmcrypt encrypted block
device.
Description-md5: 994a1e190cc10da9cb6f340384617d3c
Task: cloud-image, server
Supported: 5y

Package: overlayroot
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 101
Maintainer: Scott Moser
Architecture: all
Source: cloud-initramfs-tools
Version: 0.27ubuntu1
Depends: cryptsetup, cryptsetup-bin, initramfs-tools
Suggests: haveged
Filename: pool/main/c/cloud-initramfs-tools/overlayroot_0.27ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 14566
MD5sum: ad51ffe75d82de882c83e996c54110b5
SHA1: d8c5f84f9b1d4215559b106610ba7d915293eee3
SHA256: c8e9c77a7aa4ebb08b47c500a5ad07e9b89ec7a164e9cc7376b1391f7975fe5b
Description-en: use an overlayfs on top of a read-only root filesystem
This package adds functionality to an initramfs built by initramfs-tools.
When installed and configured, the initramfs will mount an overlayfs
filesystem on top of a read-only root volume.
.
The changes can be written to a in-memory temporary filesystem, a
filesystem on an existing block device, or a dmcrypt encrypted block
device.
Description-md5: 994a1e190cc10da9cb6f340384617d3c
Homepage: http://launchpad.net/cloud-initramfs-tools
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: cloud-image, server