How to Install and Uninstall dm-writeboost-dkms Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "dm-writeboost-dkms" package

This tutorial shows how to install dm-writeboost-dkms on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "dm-writeboost-dkms" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall dm-writeboost-dkms on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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3. Information about the dm-writeboost-dkms package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: dm-writeboost-dkms
Architecture: all
Version: 2.2.6-1~16.04.3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kernel
Source: dm-writeboost
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dmitry Smirnov
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 135
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
Recommends: kmod, dmsetup, writeboost
Filename: pool/universe/d/dm-writeboost/dm-writeboost-dkms_2.2.6-1~16.04.3_all.deb
Size: 30854
MD5sum: 0a206ca26d300b02a44af99ac7da9dc1
SHA1: 2f37ffef2665cfc5dc3e9728c9621a1c68d8e1da
SHA256: ca640796c7e7cdfbeaa2d6d1c19c3820a20afdd54e5155b1e0fb8d99da50e28a
SHA512: 763bca501383bc0c8f99c3a416e37d4d983ba53716d68e838b808068c447d47a171a83831205047bfb553f657a5de1aa05db74466b595783ae433c3d7d315bcf
Homepage: https://github.com/akiradeveloper/dm-writeboost
Description-en: log-structured caching for Linux
dm-writeboost is an OS-level IO controller that builds logs from in-coming
writes (data and metadata) and then writes the logs sequentially similar
to log-structured filesystem. As a further extension, dm-writeboost
supports read-caching which also writes data sequentially.
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This package provides DKMS kernel module for Linux Kernel 3.10+.
Description-md5: f31e3a9e5e9bd1dcfc6fc960a5d44843

Package: dm-writeboost-dkms
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kernel
Installed-Size: 130
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dmitry Smirnov
Architecture: all
Source: dm-writeboost
Version: 2.1.1-1
Depends: dkms (>= 2.1.0.0)
Recommends: kmod, dmsetup, writeboost
Filename: pool/universe/d/dm-writeboost/dm-writeboost-dkms_2.1.1-1_all.deb
Size: 29512
MD5sum: 394b1d62902e2e295778fd46b666ad99
SHA1: 35f480b2d71ebc0e62477c44166dbd32c7969e28
SHA256: 85608b0d34a7d232abb1cdd3d3a3e8511e8819f4275dea57d34e02a5fca9be12
Description-en: log-structured caching for Linux
dm-writeboost is an OS-level IO controller that builds logs from in-coming
writes (data and metadata) and then writes the logs sequentially similar
to log-structured filesystem. As a further extension, dm-writeboost
supports read-caching which also writes data sequentially.
.
This package provides DKMS kernel module for Linux Kernel 3.10+.
Description-md5: f31e3a9e5e9bd1dcfc6fc960a5d44843
Homepage: https://github.com/akiradeveloper/dm-writeboost
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu