How to Install and Uninstall mdadm Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "mdadm" package

Learn how to install mdadm on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mdadm
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mdadm" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall mdadm on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mdadm
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mdadm package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: mdadm
Version: 4.1-1
Installed-Size: 1211
Maintainer: Debian mdadm maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), udev, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, lsb-base, debconf
Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, kmod | module-init-tools
Suggests: dracut-core
Description: tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)
Description-md5: 03a3779a0d242295f3d59f2b8278ca94
Homepage: http://neil.brown.name/blog/mdadm
Tag: admin::boot, admin::configuring, hardware::storage, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline, interface::daemon,
role::program, scope::utility, use::configuring, use::monitor
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mdadm/mdadm_4.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 449428
MD5sum: cc40af244d94c8bbacd533357ce00357
SHA256: f4c7a00bf7195d41b440a525598c439111134fd4d53e3cdaf9f8ff70015e72fb