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

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "thin-provisioning-tools" package

This guide let you learn how to install thin-provisioning-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                thin-provisioning-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "thin-provisioning-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall thin-provisioning-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: thin-provisioning-tools
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 1237
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian LVM Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5.6-1ubuntu1
Depends: libaio1 (>= 0.3.93), libc6 (>= 2.14), libexpat1 (>= 2.0.1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Filename: pool/universe/t/thin-provisioning-tools/thin-provisioning-tools_0.5.6-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 319272
MD5sum: 2da96bb02d4c5e9f21749fd16192193a
SHA1: bbb3029d10cf33dc83a0cf3056675f8afa810e0b
SHA256: aefa042589f672dcb7f82feb4f4da316a9f8d1674e138270e0f380b1011b831a
Description-en: Tools for handling thinly provisioned device-mapper meta-data
This package contains tools to handle meta-data from the device-mapper
thin target. This target allows the use of a single backing store for multple
thinly provisioned volumes. Numerous snapshots can be taken from such
volumes. The tools can check the meta-data for consistency, repair damaged
information and dump or restore the meta-data in textual form.
Description-md5: dd19010b025d2da4805a9fe402cffd3e
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu