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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "writeboost" package

Please follow the steps below to install writeboost on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall writeboost on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: writeboost
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 75
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dmitry Smirnov
Architecture: all
Version: 1.20150630-1
Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), dmsetup, dm-writeboost-dkms
Recommends: kmod
Filename: pool/universe/w/writeboost/writeboost_1.20150630-1_all.deb
Size: 9298
MD5sum: 87bff1bd701cd2d8c5af7e0cbd197ae5
SHA1: fe94e720be11dc393d26c5b33b5b8b3295f8e222
SHA256: fa522c901c37a58294cba341a0349c39d936491b6efedb1877f70d2ca91752a5
Description-en: utility to manage mappings of dm-writeboost devices
Writeboost is a utility to activate dm-writeboost device mappings.
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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.
Description-md5: c9363feb50bcc8ebba1a44d80fa7001e
Enhances: dm-writeboost-dkms
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/onlyjob/writeboost
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu