How to Install and Uninstall gdisk Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "gdisk" package

Please follow the instructions below to install gdisk on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall gdisk on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: gdisk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.5-1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jonathan Carter
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 860
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Recommends: groff-base
Filename: pool/main/g/gdisk/gdisk_1.0.5-1_amd64.deb
Size: 214516
MD5sum: cbddc29130b3aa68bae70f20ce2af88b
SHA1: 86f7ae2cafcf8824625eb3ab539c8d91d2708cfb
SHA256: 2b679d03bf1ef51cfa834ffc21a7407db23424ca60c0466aec88d82cee04d504
SHA512: 2b382e5f6e2f08f315d44317ee8476e3ea51129d53f972b9c578ffb1f1350f853b98f5c04603be8bf52c5a81965fd06c34d7c44bed522fb440cc6157e0c09903
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/
Description-en: GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool
GPT fdisk (aka gdisk) is a text-mode partitioning
tool that provides utilities for Globally Unique
Identifier (GUID) Partition Table (GPT) disks.
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Features:
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- Edit GUID partition table definitions
- In place conversion of BSD disklabels to GPT
- In place conversion of MBR to GPT
- In place conversion of GPT to MBR
- Create hybrid MBR/GPT layouts
- Repair damaged GPT data structures
- Repair damaged MBR structures
- Back up GPT data to a file (and restore from file)
Description-md5: 8258aedbc01f0cda6ac15cfa476f0f29
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop