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

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "gdisk" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall gdisk on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: gdisk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.6-1.1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jonathan Carter
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 892
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Recommends: groff-base
Filename: pool/main/g/gdisk/gdisk_1.0.6-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 217940
MD5sum: d390a152f6bca1045beea260a04d34d5
SHA1: f95b72286d5c329ef53d3037101e9e59f4630dfd
SHA256: b8f55c8b2a5483362eb537739a1c0cd450e3ad0dfec3243bd820b99dd35024af
SHA512: 5048556ec72de799d63c29a0aba5c152a08addffb7a8935bf64d6e075aadfea02ffd9f75b96391b408b60ea9333d5afa384975076a3a3f20a9650ee64b458c59
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gptfdisk/
Description-en: GPT fdisk text-mode partitioning tool
GPT fdisk (aka gdisk) is a text-mode partitioning
tool that provides utilities for Globally Unique
Identifier (GUID) Partition Table (GPT) disks.
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Features:
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- Edit GUID partition table definitions
- In place conversion of BSD disklabels to GPT
- In place conversion of MBR to GPT
- In place conversion of GPT to MBR
- Create hybrid MBR/GPT layouts
- Repair damaged GPT data structures
- Repair damaged MBR structures
- Back up GPT data to a file (and restore from file)
Description-md5: 8258aedbc01f0cda6ac15cfa476f0f29
Task: server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server-raspi, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi