How to Install and Uninstall dmsetup Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 08,2024

You can also install and uninstall the dmsetup on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "dmsetup" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install dmsetup on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dmsetup" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall dmsetup on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 dmsetup package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: dmsetup
Source: lvm2 (2.03.16-2)
Version: 2:1.02.185-2
Installed-Size: 246
Maintainer: Debian LVM Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.181)
Description: Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace library
Description-md5: 53b782cbc29445e9c389c933898e1153
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://sourceware.org/lvm2/
Tag: admin::filesystem, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, use::configuring
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/lvm2/dmsetup_1.02.185-2_amd64.deb
Size: 82040
MD5sum: 0cf37f6e610cbe0bfeff16477cab5abb
SHA256: c73fc490b93c83550ed272de69ec96c5da30d4456b889f9e93c7fd8e53860b85