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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "dmsetup" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install dmsetup on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall dmsetup on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: dmsetup
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.02.175-2ubuntu4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: admin
Source: lvm2 (2.03.11-2ubuntu4)
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian LVM Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 273
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.138)
Filename: pool/main/l/lvm2/dmsetup_1.02.175-2ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 75732
MD5sum: 4f4ffbfa54aad2400c7c0b3dc351c416
SHA1: 8769ab8b8a591e477adda0fa222e8e4d267d5ecb
SHA256: 108377013eded8bc09d641d78e9bf386a76e282e102275b2e1d4e1646e1f8338
SHA512: af05e58e4d5939cf2086f8959c272ca632608fc2cffd5bae878f2fc6395036d6d9aa1e21abdef182d967ed08ba7820540358f3dadc46621e7db2ec5ad17c135f
Homepage: https://sourceware.org/lvm2/
Description-en: Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace library
The Linux Kernel Device Mapper is the LVM (Linux Logical Volume Management)
Team's implementation of a minimalistic kernel-space driver that handles
volume management, while keeping knowledge of the underlying device layout
in user-space. This makes it useful for not only LVM, but software raid,
and other drivers that create "virtual" block devices.
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This package contains a utility for modifying device mappings.
Description-md5: 53b782cbc29445e9c389c933898e1153
Task: minimal