How to Install and Uninstall mmc-utils Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "mmc-utils" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mmc-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mmc-utils" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall mmc-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: mmc-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0+git20180327.b4fe0c8c-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 122
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mmc-utils/mmc-utils_0+git20180327.b4fe0c8c-1_amd64.deb
Size: 40208
MD5sum: 760adbf707122ada3787d90bf374a63e
SHA1: 3f1e602d4d016bf79809c81f65b5ea0e5c8d66c7
SHA256: 65e02b4423c94d26ebf28d88c97da62ddcdd9c680d3bc7943a7a1c0b84e64329
SHA512: f59073f89413e9e13776411b3f319def3947e8be0f5356c9c9dd1de4c61eadad362a3e5c660784fd49f61051dabe62641bc80f682345297197dc3e3efc7fef8b
Homepage: http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/cjb/mmc-utils.git
Description-en: Userspace tools for MMC/SD devices
mmc-utils is a tool that supports the MMC device development of linux kernel.
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The mmc-utils tools can do the following:
- Print and parse extcsd data.
- Determine the eMMC writeprotect status.
- Set the eMMC writeprotect status.
- Set the eMMC data sector size to 4KB by disabling emulation.
- Create general purpose partition.
- Enable the enhanced user area.
- Enable write reliability per partition.
- Print the response to STATUS_SEND (CMD13).
- Enable the boot partition.
- Set Boot Bus Conditions.
- Enable the eMMC BKOPS feature.
- Permanently enable the eMMC H/W Reset feature.
- Permanently disable the eMMC H/W Reset feature.
- Send Sanitize command.
- Program authentication key for the device.
- Counter value for the rpmb device will be read to stdout.
- Read from rpmb device to output.
- Write to rpmb device from data file.
- Enable the eMMC cache feature.
- Disable the eMMC cache feature.
- Print and parse CID data.
- Print and parse CSD data.
- Print and parse SCR data.
Description-md5: b80176b534bc6f9de236034d1ac748b4