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

Last updated: March 11,2025

1. Install "ovirt-guest-agent" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ovirt-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 "ovirt-guest-agent" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall ovirt-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 ovirt-guest-agent package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ovirt-guest-agent
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 132
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: all
Version: 1.0.11.2.dfsg-1
Depends: lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~), udev, python-apt, python-dbus, python-ethtool, usermode, qemu-guest-agent
Filename: pool/universe/o/ovirt-guest-agent/ovirt-guest-agent_1.0.11.2.dfsg-1_all.deb
Size: 23362
MD5sum: 299cb38c2e71bbf6c6c780a9878ec208
SHA1: a9bcd61a148458b2a1a151dafb1098bfc556b8f4
SHA256: 9946dda748c63f3566717f02980653f764329741aad9c54f864e5db780a6ac75
Description-en: daemon that resides within guest virtual machines
This is the oVirt management agent running inside the guest. The agent
interfaces with the oVirt manager, supplying heart-beat info as well as
run-time data from within the guest itself. The agent also accepts
control commands to be run executed within the OS (like: shutdown and
restart).
Description-md5: 2a0eab398e766b2ef4daac20a890c524
Homepage: http://www.ovirt.org/Ovirt_guest_agent
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu