How To Install libparted2 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libparted2 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libparted2
libparted2 is:
GNU Parted is a program that allows you to create, destroy, resize, move, and copy disk partitions. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks.
This package contains the shared library. Task: standard, ubuntu-core
Package: libparted2 Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.3-4 Multi-Arch: same Priority: standard Section: libs Source: parted Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Parted Maintainer Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 457 Provides: libparted Depends: libblkid1 (>= 2.17.2), libc6 (>= 2.14), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.97), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), dmidecode Suggests: parted, libparted-dev, libparted-i18n (= 3.3-4) Breaks: python-parted (« 3.6-5) Filename: pool/main/p/parted/libparted2_3.3-4_amd64.deb Size: 159128 MD5sum: f3b947e6342bb2d48d2fd1596629d337 SHA1: f625b467af1349c4154698803d3e9464d5986ba7 SHA256: b10dfe3a3d59591020d3400980c316b322b0655f7a05d63b0a32d5011712975b Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/parted Description-en: disk partition manipulator - shared library GNU Parted is a program that allows you to create, destroy, resize, move, and copy disk partitions. This is useful for creating space for new operating systems, reorganizing disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks.
This package contains the shared library. Task: standard, ubuntu-core
There are three methods to install libparted2 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libparted2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libparted2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libparted2
Install libparted2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libparted2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libparted2
Install libparted2 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libparted2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libparted2
How To Uninstall libparted2 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libparted2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libparted2
Uninstall libparted2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libparted2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libparted2
Remove libparted2 Configurations and Data
To remove libparted2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libparted2
Remove libparted2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libparted2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libparted2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libparted2 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.