How to Install and Uninstall eatmydata Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "eatmydata" package

This guide let you learn how to install eatmydata on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall eatmydata on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                eatmydata
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the eatmydata package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: eatmydata
Architecture: all
Version: 105-7
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Source: libeatmydata
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mattia Rizzolo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 24
Depends: libeatmydata1 (>= 105-7)
Filename: pool/main/libe/libeatmydata/eatmydata_105-7_all.deb
Size: 5516
MD5sum: c24bdcebd4ab2afcf0d2d142903484e7
SHA1: 29c06743b60ad584abe316e894b12d0670eed0fe
SHA256: a7beb2d31628fb7281589c459dd3448df5166016f5bad562e5735570c0c7056f
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/libeatmydata
Description: Library and utilities designed to disable fsync and friends
Description-md5: 4dad1280628a46c312954a4d1ba76a96
Task: cloud-image