How to Install and Uninstall btrfs-progs Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "btrfs-progs" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install btrfs-progs on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "btrfs-progs" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall btrfs-progs on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the btrfs-progs package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: btrfs-progs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.7-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Adam Borowski
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4089
Depends: libblkid1 (>= 2.17.2), libc6 (>= 2.8), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libext2fs2 (>= 1.42), liblzo2-2 (>= 2.02), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), libzstd1 (>= 1.3.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0), libgcc-s1 (>> 10-20200211)
Suggests: duperemove
Breaks: btrbk (<= 0.25.0), initramfs-tools (<< 0.137~), libgcc-s1 (<< 10-20200211)
Filename: pool/main/b/btrfs-progs/btrfs-progs_5.7-1_amd64.deb
Size: 667124
MD5sum: 03129b1daa5c169eeeec828ae80e4140
SHA1: c6cdc94a078347950ee5a712f782d4e530210a31
SHA256: 1b3bef30af2136a491b996b8aba8058479d73aa106f5a3201a27c5dc8fa4ab4d
SHA512: e90180a0d50358d66404037e82444a275b1c431921e434054baf48f60643333799550f7ef55909b842cc1afd10a1ef9adbfc108cb2566ecdc6aca3841bc72ff6
Homepage: http://btrfs.wiki.kernel.org/
Description-en: Checksumming Copy on Write Filesystem utilities
Btrfs is a copy on write filesystem for Linux aimed at implementing
advanced features while focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy
administration.
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This package contains utilities (mkfs, fsck) used to work with btrfs
and an utility (btrfs-convert) to make a btrfs filesystem from an ext3.
Description-md5: df6e8f26b97f7706fc62b4566261d179
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