How to Install and Uninstall dm-writeboost-dkms Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "dm-writeboost-dkms" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install dm-writeboost-dkms on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dm-writeboost-dkms" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall dm-writeboost-dkms on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dm-writeboost-dkms package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: dm-writeboost-dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 2.2.9-1ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kernel
Source: dm-writeboost
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dmitry Smirnov
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 137
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
Recommends: kmod, dmsetup, writeboost
Filename: pool/universe/d/dm-writeboost/dm-writeboost-dkms_2.2.9-1ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 31576
MD5sum: 8dc91cf282ce8cf12399cfc43cbb8834
SHA1: 477d1ed08a6d8279ccd0cad24e465bb4a5de8b67
SHA256: acccd1080c3582e21f454acfd46f72d343c5b2e490f888cb9163d88269398a15
SHA512: a788f3b1912e22871ef0e3f3a79f2a3276a48134b63aa4bbe24367dfdf6131fa4b2695d7b07cd03fb3bc81c8007b44511d16714316a6a21637a21eaead6b3f95
Homepage: https://github.com/akiradeveloper/dm-writeboost
Description-en: log-structured caching for Linux
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.
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This package provides DKMS kernel module for Linux Kernel 3.10+.
Description-md5: f31e3a9e5e9bd1dcfc6fc960a5d44843