How to Install and Uninstall mdadm Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "mdadm" package

Please follow the instructions below to install mdadm on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall mdadm on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: mdadm
Version: 4.1-11
Installed-Size: 1231
Maintainer: Felix Lechner
Architecture: amd64
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.28), 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: 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_4.1-11_amd64.deb
Size: 457312
MD5sum: adbc71a4ec1e99648751405a2091151e
SHA256: a043a35d30ac185f9c525f1dce18a3a370a023912017418560fb61e7f8ab069c