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

Last updated: May 19,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mdadm" package

This tutorial shows how to install mdadm on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall mdadm 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 mdadm package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: mdadm
Version: 4.2-5
Installed-Size: 1236
Maintainer: Daniel Baumann
Architecture: amd64
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libudev1 (>= 183), debconf, lsb-base, udev
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, kmod | module-init-tools
Suggests: dracut-core
Description: Tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)
Description-md5: 305557c6533da13e64bfadd6a1111b38
Homepage: https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Linux_Raid
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_4.2-5_amd64.deb
Size: 443056
MD5sum: 46d70af0aef35e2c43537310a92e8073
SHA256: 93ac76fa9aa5b97256688e067b0a31c11aadf63321d6dbdf486e37de2338d454