How to Install and Uninstall writeboost Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "writeboost" package

Learn how to install writeboost on Kali Linux


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

Learn how to uninstall writeboost on Kali Linux:


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

Package: writeboost
Version: 1.20170616-1.3
Installed-Size: 39
Maintainer: Dmitry Smirnov
Architecture: all
Depends: dmsetup, dm-writeboost-dkms
Recommends: kmod
Enhances: dm-writeboost-dkms
Size: 9724
SHA256: eb58747a9a4786bccc1bb99a024fae1c9e4c6283736a3047bbf6524253604160
SHA1: b858ac4b87e2cfe58108b2f267b19884ef3bb188
MD5sum: c219614a0aec52e819fdbf026651e406
Description: utility to manage mappings of dm-writeboost devices
Writeboost is a utility to activate dm-writeboost device mappings.
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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.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/onlyjob/writeboost
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/writeboost/writeboost_1.20170616-1.3_all.deb