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

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "udev" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall udev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: udev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 248.3-1ubuntu8
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: important
Section: admin
Source: systemd
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian systemd Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 9315
Depends: libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libblkid1 (>= 2.24), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.24-9~), libkmod2 (>= 5~), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), adduser, dpkg (>= 1.19.3) | systemd-sysv, libudev1 (= 248.3-1ubuntu8), util-linux (>= 2.27.1)
Conflicts: hal
Breaks: systemd (<< 248.3-1ubuntu8)
Replaces: systemd (<< 233-4)
Filename: pool/main/s/systemd/udev_248.3-1ubuntu8_amd64.deb
Size: 1517926
MD5sum: 893d17bfbd8815a942fc58a20a7cac00
SHA1: f52d0ee252a78dd8fea05547d82adf3cab608275
SHA256: 79e0fc4af75ff52a1a7f832ea765036596917eeaec70efc86ba65041c65fcf43
SHA512: e4e122d6adee7a4172537d85e53397e40908278de8ff1a2ab8a0f2ea0e75a1ace065e67d7dcc59655cf15cce7bdcfae0f11e27e219ed7d3cb6e99299c9b5ed0f
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd
Description-en: /dev/ and hotplug management daemon
udev is a daemon which dynamically creates and removes device nodes from
/dev/, handles hotplug events and loads drivers at boot time.
Description-md5: e875ddb09f46f1f7672af537f0c875ca
Task: minimal, server-minimal