How to Install and Uninstall dm-writeboost-dkms Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "dm-writeboost-dkms" package

This is a short guide on how to install dm-writeboost-dkms on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dm-writeboost-dkms
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dm-writeboost-dkms" package

Learn how to uninstall dm-writeboost-dkms on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dm-writeboost-dkms
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dm-writeboost-dkms package on Kali Linux

Package: dm-writeboost-dkms
Source: dm-writeboost
Version: 2.2.16-0.1
Installed-Size: 138
Maintainer: Dmitry Smirnov
Architecture: all
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
Recommends: kmod, dmsetup, writeboost
Size: 32712
SHA256: 06f78b0a0ce8163f53e3bbd0e30d30a34dfc67092b5d3a2c7aac5ac0ad2dde97
SHA1: 2bbf86166901ca943c9faf84d3f0c3b8fdebf8ea
MD5sum: 6b2f18d42fa883fd13d20ea25ddb14f4
Description: log-structured caching for Linux
dm-writeboost is an OS-level IO controller that builds logs from in-coming
writes (data and metadata) and then writes the logs sequentially similar
to log-structured filesystem. As a further extension, dm-writeboost
supports read-caching which also writes data sequentially.
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This package provides DKMS kernel module for Linux Kernel 3.10+.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/akiradeveloper/dm-writeboost
Section: kernel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dm-writeboost/dm-writeboost-dkms_2.2.16-0.1_all.deb