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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "mdadm" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install mdadm on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall mdadm on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: mdadm
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.2~rc2-2ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Felix Lechner
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1184
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libudev1 (>= 183), debconf, lsb-base, udev
Recommends: finalrd (>= 3~), kmod | module-init-tools
Suggests: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, dracut-core
Filename: pool/main/m/mdadm/mdadm_4.2~rc2-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 464644
MD5sum: 08e685238eb5ec3dc0330aac68cd8ab6
SHA1: eceab8cef62de37b3e500b311b7f5d0cd0127049
SHA256: 474a205b20f20bcda50072d3f59d507037b4afe2c06dcbf6db8f9de5d8076e53
SHA512: 23cc07b50badd73cd1876c84c5e07d3ae673e375f76201ac5e31fe18734bf17f9313e994b9eb4c334039b1f78915d18a1797964d0f308787fdc70fef26ba22d5
Homepage: http://neil.brown.name/blog/mdadm
Description-en: Tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)
The mdadm utility can be used to create, manage, and monitor MD
(multi-disk) arrays for software RAID or multipath I/O.
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This package automatically configures mdadm to assemble arrays during the
system startup process. If not needed, this functionality can be disabled.
Description-md5: 305557c6533da13e64bfadd6a1111b38
Task: server-minimal, cloud-image, server, ubuntu-server-raspi