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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "xfsprogs" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install xfsprogs on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

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


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

Package: xfsprogs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.6.0-1ubuntu4
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: XFS Development Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2760
Provides: fsck-backend
Depends: libblkid1 (>= 2.17.2), libc6 (>= 2.28), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.20), libicu67 (>= 67.1-1~), libreadline5 (>= 5.2), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), python3:any, util-linux
Suggests: xfsdump, acl, attr, quota
Breaks: xfsdump (<< 3.0.0)
Replaces: xfsdump (<< 3.0.0)
Filename: pool/main/x/xfsprogs/xfsprogs_5.6.0-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 800044
MD5sum: 3e778b814ad329545116ac607f2f630b
SHA1: 0b09c64bc04a65de4925940645b70e61b9242bb5
SHA256: 0c5a472cce60f602a3afca0096cb448aa1a358d6ec16d9e683258b489da7c159
SHA512: 8051ae6e54c492e58e40fb386b9b8df4c7229fda956b811101043b2d96654f74584b59a3e43b6b4ed0110992b10bcb33813eee564fc579c17bc38ba8ca6f9140
Homepage: https://xfs.wiki.kernel.org/
Description-en: Utilities for managing the XFS filesystem
A set of commands to use the XFS filesystem, including mkfs.xfs.
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XFS is a high performance journaling filesystem which originated
on the SGI IRIX platform. It is completely multi-threaded, can
support large files and large filesystems, extended attributes,
variable block sizes, is extent based, and makes extensive use of
Btrees (directories, extents, free space) to aid both performance
and scalability.
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Refer to the documentation at https://xfs.wiki.kernel.org/
for complete details.
Description-md5: 11edfc24e752c0542cb7648c8934181f
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