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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "zerofree" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install zerofree on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall zerofree on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: zerofree
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.4-1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thibaut Paumard
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 25
Depends: e2fslibs (>= 1.37), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/main/z/zerofree/zerofree_1.0.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 8112
MD5sum: 4016b672ff81bb428e4d3a0063ce8b28
SHA1: e270bd746ce7f1748476e224946dd33a1c3399fd
SHA256: eb117605e41585b30f05ef02c31a18ee3796f99e33214b15a739d60b2062b855
Homepage: https://frippery.org/uml/
Description: zero free blocks from ext2, ext3 and ext4 file-systems
Description-md5: e8c47b284082ddf9145a003c9cbeafdb
Task: cloud-image, server
Supported: 5y