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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "holes" package

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


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall holes 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 holes package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: holes
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.1-4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: nicoo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 27
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/h/holes/holes_0.1-4_amd64.deb
Size: 6504
MD5sum: 15aa173b1f07f76a88d9ba13e5ac51e0
SHA1: 23eef9ad08215b045b2a337168928bc1a0550616
SHA256: d2729bc7c4657b10851c3fcb97edf22ecdf44ab04f9fef7631fc8095397aa3dd
SHA512: 14ebe3353518be19a8ca7430b7776253abce07f10f71c4b7ca39759aaf0e89152b18dbf9b3966368c6a48cc3a5fe4b67e71e27b49655a7b591f2252a4d0414d7
Homepage: https://git.vuxu.org/holes/about/
Description-en: find runs of zero bytes
holes looks for runs of zero bytes (a.k.a. holes) in the specified input files
(or the standard input), and prints the start addresses (in hexadecimal) as
well as the lengths (in decimal). When multiple input files are specified,
holes prefixes each line with the file name.
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It can be used with fallocate(1), truncate(1), or virt-sparsify(1).
Description-md5: aa67c5b7752624388f760e57a76c06ba