How to Install and Uninstall daxctl Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "daxctl" package

This is a short guide on how to install daxctl on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall daxctl on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                daxctl
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the daxctl package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: daxctl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 71.1-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Source: ndctl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Adam Borowski
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 111
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libdaxctl1 (>= 71), libjson-c5 (>= 0.15), libndctl6 (>= 63), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Breaks: ndctl (<< 63-1.3~)
Replaces: ndctl (<< 63-1.3~)
Filename: pool/universe/n/ndctl/daxctl_71.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 41640
MD5sum: 383ff89e476c27d8d9211f6b7b8a4709
SHA1: 3d5f3e33e84a50489d7f1f0b496cd25ba25e9373
SHA256: b7480a5104c9cddd2af7f6e13d8511101f27a02d0d94cb184fe44b1a5dabf2d8
SHA512: 1ada33b507d78728d173def5a607a99878ac42b0aa6e690d80b40d45e9340167e0589e1c9e63dd2747d4c5795715b0b5faabcb716543010ddf3ee5ee9293f5b2
Homepage: https://github.com/pmem/ndctl
Description-en: Utility for managing the device DAX subsystem
"DAX" are file system extensions to bypass the page cache and block layer to
mmap persistent memory, from a PMEM block device, directly into a process
address space.
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This package contains a utility for managing the device DAX subsystem in the
Linux kernel.
Description-md5: d1205f51d074ab830c2dc5bd5c71a069