How to Install and Uninstall gddrescue Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: February 16,2025

1. Install "gddrescue" package

This guide let you learn how to install gddrescue on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall gddrescue on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gddrescue
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gddrescue package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: gddrescue
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.22-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Michael Prokop
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 372
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gddrescue/gddrescue_1.22-1_amd64.deb
Size: 113950
MD5sum: f7bb24b249c38993c374b94a9eec1403
SHA1: 9938cde6b55961ff43dcb6509ce7f5cf4912ae57
SHA256: 2e616352aa2641cc9e34249da35b63bcc150e68a3cc496ba2f5b61ee467bfde9
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/ddrescue.html
Description: GNU data recovery tool
Description-md5: 95448f9ab04e163adf1889e7beca3fda