How To Install vdmfec on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdmfec on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vdmfec
vdmfec is:
VDMFEC implements Block ECC using a Forward Error Correction (FEC) code based on Vandermonde (VDM) matrices in GF(2^8) due to Luigi Rizzo. Given the FEC parameters K and N, with N greater than K, N blocks are written for every K input blocks in such a way that any K blocks are sufficient to reconstruct the data. That is, up to N - K blocks out of every group of N blocks may be lost without loss of data. Its primary application is intended to be in recovering data from unreliable media such as diskettes.
There are three methods to install vdmfec on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install vdmfec Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vdmfec using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vdmfec
Install vdmfec Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vdmfec using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vdmfec
Install vdmfec 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 vdmfec using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vdmfec
How To Uninstall vdmfec on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vdmfec package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vdmfec
Uninstall vdmfec And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vdmfec and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdmfec
Remove vdmfec Configurations and Data
To remove vdmfec configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vdmfec
Remove vdmfec configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vdmfec configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdmfec
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vdmfec package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
