How to Install and Uninstall mdadm Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "mdadm" package

Please follow the instructions below to install mdadm on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall mdadm on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: mdadm
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.3-2ubuntu7.6
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian mdadm maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1180
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), debconf (>= 1.4.72), lsb-base (>= 3.1-6), udev (>= 204), util-linux (>= 2.15-1), initscripts (>= 2.88dsf-13.3)
Recommends: kmod | module-init-tools
Suggests: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, dracut-core
Breaks: dmraid (<= 1.0.0.rc16-4.2ubuntu1), mdctl (<< 0.7.2), raidtools2 (<< 1.00.3-12.1), udev (<< 136-1)
Replaces: mdctl
Filename: pool/main/m/mdadm/mdadm_3.3-2ubuntu7.6_amd64.deb
Size: 394388
MD5sum: 7bfc6e3e312d724927cc02a7edc232bb
SHA1: 93ef94cbce26a7934d2a562371d80a9f25c84efd
SHA256: a08ce4436433d7e80e7db5656230d3cff141460a6b1f0ac3abe5f2df44997617
SHA512: 9889f152a3bebb31771e959bfb916cbaa1f93bdcf6d82c39d2f216efeee38498dd80d7c8ac1037f5122ee7b9014b531c1194c3edf692eff9b7fafa88982a885b
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: 03a3779a0d242295f3d59f2b8278ca94
Task: cloud-image, server
Supported: 5y

Package: mdadm
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 1172
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian mdadm maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.3-2ubuntu7
Replaces: mdctl
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), debconf (>= 1.4.72), lsb-base (>= 3.1-6), udev (>= 204), initramfs-tools (>= 0.85eubuntu24), util-linux (>= 2.15-1), initscripts (>= 2.88dsf-13.3)
Recommends: kmod | module-init-tools
Suggests: default-mta | mail-transport-agent
Breaks: dmraid (<= 1.0.0.rc16-4.2ubuntu1), mdctl (<< 0.7.2), raidtools2 (<< 1.00.3-12.1), udev (<< 136-1)
Filename: pool/main/m/mdadm/mdadm_3.3-2ubuntu7_amd64.deb
Size: 394198
MD5sum: fe1533b2a5e31aeea3eb7f6c62de1c68
SHA1: b03ae0b85dee3b93ef3d121e2bec08fb0a452772
SHA256: f7642d0fb7ceda93144a703446a3498a852b77738c2abe6febb34e2a6a9e3115
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.
.
This package automatically configures mdadm to assemble arrays during the
system startup process. If not needed, this functionality can be disabled.
Description-md5: 03a3779a0d242295f3d59f2b8278ca94
Homepage: http://neil.brown.name/blog/mdadm
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: cloud-image, server