How to Install and Uninstall multipath-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: July 08,2024

1. Install "multipath-tools" package

This is a short guide on how to install multipath-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "multipath-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall multipath-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                multipath-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the multipath-tools package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: multipath-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5.0+git1.656f8865-5ubuntu2.5
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian LVM Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 703
Depends: libaio1 (>= 0.3.106-8), libc6 (>= 2.14), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.97), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.3.1), libreadline6 (>= 6.0), libsystemd0, libudev1 (>= 183), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), udev (>> 136-1), kpartx (>= 0.5.0+git1.656f8865-5ubuntu2.5), lsb-base (>= 3), sg3-utils-udev
Suggests: multipath-tools-boot
Breaks: multipath-tools-boot (<= 0.4.8+git0.761c66f-2~), multipath-tools-initramfs (<= 1.0.1)
Filename: pool/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.5.0+git1.656f8865-5ubuntu2.5_amd64.deb
Size: 187866
MD5sum: 491cacff3ae97588cbb06c783f00f7c0
SHA1: 894ad725a61e2f41f947c37852e3b66b8fd86aa1
SHA256: 9eaabcfacbf245809c2941cb64ea1d255db7cae3ee6e69418cfd52bb7ca1e2d0
SHA512: 0c7b506762e5178b695e95400bf255fff1da07475f3fe5e1a4ba48dfda7b9dc475d059cef3a682471c1959ab0c558edfd2855961eda1e7ba521491d32113baef
Homepage: http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/
Description-en: maintain multipath block device access
These tools are in charge of maintaining the disk multipath device maps and
react to path and map events.
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If you install this package you may have to change the way you address block
devices. See README.Debian for details.
Description-md5: d2b50f6d45021a3e6697180f992bb365
Supported: 5y

Package: multipath-tools
Priority: extra
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 699
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian LVM Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5.0+git1.656f8865-5ubuntu2
Depends: libaio1 (>= 0.3.106-8), libc6 (>= 2.14), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.97), libreadline6 (>= 6.0), libudev1 (>= 183), udev (>> 136-1), kpartx (>= 0.5.0+git1.656f8865-5ubuntu2), lsb-base (>= 3), sg3-utils-udev
Suggests: multipath-tools-boot
Breaks: multipath-tools-boot (<= 0.4.8+git0.761c66f-2~), multipath-tools-initramfs (<= 1.0.1)
Filename: pool/main/m/multipath-tools/multipath-tools_0.5.0+git1.656f8865-5ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 188566
MD5sum: 356309a077185bb94a02471e9d8efe3d
SHA1: 9b227dd6c8cd722562fcf1f37d96dad9d59c9df9
SHA256: f9b02f702f0d859c837bf8abdf3698422a7b666fa3b8d1a804691a9d1daa17e2
Description-en: maintain multipath block device access
These tools are in charge of maintaining the disk multipath device maps and
react to path and map events.
.
If you install this package you may have to change the way you address block
devices. See README.Debian for details.
Description-md5: d2b50f6d45021a3e6697180f992bb365
Homepage: http://christophe.varoqui.free.fr/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y