How to Install and Uninstall mdadm Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 09,2024

You can also install and uninstall the mdadm on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "mdadm" package

This tutorial shows how to install mdadm on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Learn how to uninstall mdadm on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: mdadm
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.2-0ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Felix Lechner
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1182
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_4.2-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 463876
MD5sum: 286a657b78ed3b9d481ccc1c4ae0d4fa
SHA1: ac5aab8fcb281bcf908bb64227ae6e67d66b1f54
SHA256: 9703afdb50de2a17bc2629ed66ca855f818681e729264ea2d6d6c12edf5e9efc
SHA512: e205fa251e497d6e5b0d35d916d5ec871185b447ec8730a793f21b13c9db6d63a895c6cf74f39c92f832dada9491b3bce2527ea3e1d449f63b4a219dd718d311
Homepage: http://neil.brown.name/blog/mdadm
Description: Tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)
Description-md5: 305557c6533da13e64bfadd6a1111b38
Task: server-minimal, cloud-image, server, ubuntu-server-raspi

Package: mdadm
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.2-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Felix Lechner
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1180
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_4.2-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 463642
MD5sum: 077f0f09d49c451c9caad98f5e98b442
SHA1: a1cd21f1df21a371834465d2aa385b9ecdc06652
SHA256: a92b13b95c76fe747b45ed1ce41521b9cd94381031e4bb7e67054f5702f839a7
SHA512: a7bf182f15bcbf2fe3455286eeded53fb16f256e0942823566da320b0f6bf5c6f17736156c04934575fa6a603a86ea9b5ffecf8ed30e52d2db90237ad770d27e
Homepage: http://neil.brown.name/blog/mdadm
Description: Tool to administer Linux MD arrays (software RAID)
Description-md5: 305557c6533da13e64bfadd6a1111b38
Task: server-minimal, cloud-image, server, ubuntu-server-raspi