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

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "eatmydata" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install eatmydata on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall eatmydata on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: eatmydata
Architecture: all
Version: 105-9build1
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Source: libeatmydata
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mattia Rizzolo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 24
Depends: libeatmydata1 (>= 105-9build1)
Filename: pool/main/libe/libeatmydata/eatmydata_105-9build1_all.deb
Size: 5512
MD5sum: 02abbacc66861622c67bb78d929eb853
SHA1: 54562dea57a31d9b1e1c7b2390b61c85c41502a0
SHA256: ebb853bc77ae926ae79258c02e6241d82796e6b7f805b18b7916973d5563a189
SHA512: e0ba05fa828369e47eb9e9d3e3eaf3b21dd75f62f67a05ede19eae695e450f3d6a73406b6f1ca95d47ff070ee735ac7c65a36a7714f2d577be27ef5c343711ea
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/libeatmydata
Description-en: Library and utilities designed to disable fsync and friends
This package contains a small LD_PRELOAD library (libeatmydata) and a couple
of helper utilities designed to transparently disable fsync and friends (like
open(O_SYNC)). This has two side-effects: making software that writes data
safely to disk a lot quicker and making this software no longer crash safe.
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You will find eatmydata useful if particular software calls fsync(), sync()
etc. frequently but the data it stores is not that valuable to you and you may
afford losing it in case of system crash. Data-to-disk synchronization calls
are typically very slow on modern file systems and their extensive usage might
slow down software significantly. It does not make sense to accept such a hit
in performance if data being manipulated is not very important.
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On the other hand, do not use eatmydata when you care about what software
stores or it manipulates important components of your system. The library is
called libEAT-MY-DATA for a reason.
Description-md5: 4dad1280628a46c312954a4d1ba76a96
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