Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install appc-spec on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is appc-spec
appc-spec is:
App Container (appc) is a well-specified and community developed
specification for application containers. appc defines several independent
but composable aspects involved in running application containers,
including an image format, runtime environment, and discovery mechanism
for application containers.
This package provides “actool†utility for the App Container (appc)
specification and technical details on how an appc image is downloaded
over a network, cryptographically verified, and executed on a host.
There are three methods to install appc-spec on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install appc-spec Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install appc-spec using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install appc-spec
Install appc-spec Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install appc-spec using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install appc-spec
Install appc-spec Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install appc-spec using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install appc-spec
How To Uninstall appc-spec on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the appc-spec package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove appc-spec
Uninstall appc-spec And Its Dependencies
To uninstall appc-spec and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove appc-spec
Remove appc-spec Configurations and Data
To remove appc-spec configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge appc-spec
Remove appc-spec configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove appc-spec configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge appc-spec
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install appc-spec package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
