How to Install and Uninstall dmsetup Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "dmsetup" package

This tutorial shows how to install dmsetup on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall dmsetup on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: dmsetup
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.02.175-2.1ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: admin
Source: lvm2 (2.03.11-2.1ubuntu3)
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian LVM Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 273
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.138)
Filename: pool/main/l/lvm2/dmsetup_1.02.175-2.1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 81622
MD5sum: df625af67fdf4c856ab64fc13fe00bee
SHA1: d08a6e600e16fd928364e5032f11501662018bf2
SHA256: 58483d4b417d64edb3ad15db95b3eed1d9a322b8685cb84bb9db5b9b7a3e55c4
SHA512: 2f539d0cd5641f3292cca0966f1c22a11f2059a3b60c118fcfb03e9e800dd32a6a2d3e5c1c2d32ed3ae21de621ab5b6a2724bea1f118c3db04084ec201dc6ecf
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, server-minimal