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

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "gdisk" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install gdisk on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall gdisk on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: gdisk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.0.8-1
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jonathan Carter
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 726
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libstdc++6 (>= 9), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Recommends: groff-base
Filename: pool/main/g/gdisk/gdisk_1.0.8-1_amd64.deb
Size: 229248
MD5sum: 4e34d6faff0ecdde1bfea13fbbf4e7b1
SHA1: fe8612a9725a6607fcbd90ccb48b2908dd2c9c75
SHA256: 8179361c04a4e3f615af6aa4b4d686bba69b1cd1d2bf992add06cff50a438c3b
SHA512: 0baab81b5c2acce31f45a2de361c96653b032bdb24459ff32f875c3acb967e3880834b257ec856e72547b65bf6e02ea8502635fd3822853bb10726361ac2faac
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: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server, ubuntu-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