How to Install and Uninstall dm-writeboost-dkms Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "dm-writeboost-dkms" package

Please follow the steps below to install dm-writeboost-dkms on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall dm-writeboost-dkms on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dm-writeboost-dkms package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: dm-writeboost-dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 2.2.13-1ubuntu2
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_2.2.13-1ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 31256
MD5sum: 5a51caec4f9f3a0ba3d0c6c983d4c5df
SHA1: 4a89263709c0529ddabdfd364209e729855d6c12
SHA256: 7ca44564c92eb11c33d1fa0019a3efda77cc86d415aeab970ef672bb1ccd96fd
SHA512: 410397201534c0867d76af2854b943bbe49aeabe437f1a0de39104c554103e9d550957d2ae1763cf0094638224b34221e1452d8c7c0ce6223563d6e41f8d6773
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