How to Install and Uninstall dm-writeboost-dkms Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "dm-writeboost-dkms" package

Please follow the guidance below to install dm-writeboost-dkms on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dm-writeboost-dkms" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall dm-writeboost-dkms on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dm-writeboost-dkms package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: dm-writeboost-dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 2.2.13-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kernel
Source: dm-writeboost
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dmitry Smirnov
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 137
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
Recommends: kmod, dmsetup, writeboost
Filename: pool/universe/d/dm-writeboost/dm-writeboost-dkms_2.2.13-1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 31252
MD5sum: cd5db995db57a2cfff28cce8bf2c56ff
SHA1: c1331137e54427d5f9cf84e22062181da86c7394
SHA256: c8ca59c8aa43a8f859e1985467ebcd927782021b3857d237303a31e064a7df5e
SHA512: d12dd394a0d76ac666b5caac98140b8d7c825f8eafdfaf3b0284e17548c9483a59279e005edfbd2bdb1ba0d3b061b6ba8816bbceb4943bf8cc8a722de5699eca
Homepage: https://github.com/akiradeveloper/dm-writeboost
Description-en: log-structured caching for Linux
dm-writeboost is an OS-level IO controller that builds logs from in-coming
writes (data and metadata) and then writes the logs sequentially similar
to log-structured filesystem. As a further extension, dm-writeboost
supports read-caching which also writes data sequentially.
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This package provides DKMS kernel module for Linux Kernel 3.10+.
Description-md5: f31e3a9e5e9bd1dcfc6fc960a5d44843