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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "holes" package

Please follow the steps below to install holes on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall holes on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                holes
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the holes package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: holes
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.1-5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: nicoo
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 28
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/h/holes/holes_0.1-5_amd64.deb
Size: 6592
MD5sum: 2d78993b058e2ecf2c97c9d10158226c
SHA1: fcd70d985dfe89679181ac79ed684e6b189ac184
SHA256: 2b091266a3c92983c91d6a5c0df69559bc82d1f088dfb33189218f450999529d
SHA512: fc190ae005815015e3f3b17fc6c2cbfc1d88cbf05ba4cd14f2dd4ef7461e33ce2e1a42f6aaf5ddb11e300661b86dd5e3839d62f7c93666fc734b0c4806590982
Homepage: https://git.vuxu.org/holes/about/
Description-en: find runs of zero bytes
holes looks for runs of zero bytes (a.k.a. holes) in the specified input files
(or the standard input), and prints the start addresses (in hexadecimal) as
well as the lengths (in decimal). When multiple input files are specified,
holes prefixes each line with the file name.
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It can be used with fallocate(1), truncate(1), or virt-sparsify(1).
Description-md5: aa67c5b7752624388f760e57a76c06ba