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

Last updated: April 25,2024

1. Install "udev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install udev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall udev on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: udev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 246.6-1ubuntu1.3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: admin
Source: systemd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 8894
Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libblkid1 (>= 2.24), libc6 (>= 2.32), libkmod2 (>= 5~), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), adduser, dpkg (>= 1.19.3) | systemd-sysv, libudev1 (= 246.6-1ubuntu1.3), util-linux (>= 2.27.1)
Conflicts: hal
Breaks: systemd (<< 233-4)
Replaces: systemd (<< 233-4)
Filename: pool/main/s/systemd/udev_246.6-1ubuntu1.3_amd64.deb
Size: 1341204
MD5sum: 86618b9924c095de268138a1fcd7186b
SHA1: fe681c93e973b210ad6f53a9941db84e1b5dab4b
SHA256: 43c63508518016b30f3c36fde20403213c2b42bac2a3f17c1790aed8537855f4
SHA512: 1dd2430b75e6c6fa1f6c90bdf174947bcc38b6ed77dfe486a49b228b7f7d3f1ca908f95b381afd3c9428b7d2cc64318b51551c558ac9f13a08234368a0728719
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
Description-en: /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
udev is a daemon which dynamically creates and removes device nodes from
/dev/, handles hotplug events and loads drivers at boot time.
Description-md5: e875ddb09f46f1f7672af537f0c875ca
Task: minimal

Package: udev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 246.6-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: admin
Source: systemd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 8893
Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libblkid1 (>= 2.24), libc6 (>= 2.32), libkmod2 (>= 5~), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), adduser, dpkg (>= 1.19.3) | systemd-sysv, libudev1 (= 246.6-1ubuntu1), util-linux (>= 2.27.1)
Conflicts: hal
Breaks: systemd (<< 233-4)
Replaces: systemd (<< 233-4)
Filename: pool/main/s/systemd/udev_246.6-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1340824
MD5sum: add975a3741938e58354045d256fc2f9
SHA1: 05d034b2f4e51066d4a88f243b585ba6bf15b0f7
SHA256: 4a35ef2cb7b1798a57d99b5f8bd14470e2189313ad30fd9ff069bc6f9a37b0f2
SHA512: eb177b8ca6e528c51a4359271b5f92bfd3aa063aab6b93b9e7dfa1929841d0c92d82828fa3fc51833e7908b201382d132ea8c0e642d44c6e88ce38402f8a3f4a
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
Description-en: /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
udev is a daemon which dynamically creates and removes device nodes from
/dev/, handles hotplug events and loads drivers at boot time.
Description-md5: e875ddb09f46f1f7672af537f0c875ca
Task: minimal