How To Install zfsutils-linux on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install zfsutils-linux on Ubuntu 20.04. zfsutils-linux is command-line tools to manage OpenZFS filesystems command-line tools to manage OpenZFS filesystems command-line tools to manage OpenZFS filesystems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zfsutils-linux on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `zfsutils-linux`

zfsutils-linux is:

The Z file system is a pooled filesystem designed for maximum data integrity, supporting data snapshots, multiple copies, and data checksums.

This package provides the zfs and zpool commands to create and administer OpenZFS filesystems. Task: ubuntu-live, xubuntu-live, ubuntustudio-dvd-live, ubuntukylin-live, ubuntu-mate-live, ubuntu-budgie-live

Package: zfsutils-linux Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.9 Priority: extra Section: admin Source: zfs-linux Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian ZFS on Linux maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1266 Provides: zfsutils Depends: libnvpair1linux (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.9), libuutil1linux (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.9), libzfs2linux (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.9), libzpool2linux (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12.9), python3, libblkid1 (>= 2.16), libc6 (>= 2.17), libuuid1 (>= 2.16) Recommends: lsb-base, zfs-zed Suggests: nfs-kernel-server, samba-common-bin (>= 3.0.23), zfs-initramfs | zfs-dracut Conflicts: zfs, zfs-fuse Breaks: openrc, spl (« 0.7.9-2), spl-dkms (« 0.8.0~rc1), zfs-dkms (« 0.7.9-2) Replaces: spl (« 0.7.9-2), spl-dkms Filename: pool/main/z/zfs-linux/zfsutils-linux_0.8.3-1ubuntu12.9_amd64.deb Size: 355516 MD5sum: aa6a0c9bb7efbd0c2bf7302671ec7bf2 SHA1: 2e3c48628972350c6ab229585a2d151b9cece23d SHA256: 60287d1b7d73bcd3fe149cd75cd3581351d8accd2ed3a8927f9286adbd94daa7 SHA512: 3ab6cfbce21cd0a792e160a40ad910fbb845a58e71dd311467cc088b40aa4c12de88cc94309c90546c438356acb0d2a709e8d9cda995174a712a876fa98dccd5 Homepage: https://zfsonlinux.org/ Description-en: command-line tools to manage OpenZFS filesystems The Z file system is a pooled filesystem designed for maximum data integrity, supporting data snapshots, multiple copies, and data checksums.

Package: zfsutils-linux Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.8.3-1ubuntu12 Priority: extra Section: admin Source: zfs-linux Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian ZFS on Linux maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1265 Provides: zfsutils Depends: libnvpair1linux (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12), libuutil1linux (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12), libzfs2linux (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12), libzpool2linux (= 0.8.3-1ubuntu12), python3, libblkid1 (>= 2.16), libc6 (>= 2.17), libuuid1 (>= 2.16) Recommends: lsb-base, zfs-zed Suggests: nfs-kernel-server, samba-common-bin (>= 3.0.23), zfs-initramfs | zfs-dracut Conflicts: zfs, zfs-fuse Breaks: openrc, spl (« 0.7.9-2), spl-dkms (« 0.8.0~rc1), zfs-dkms (« 0.7.9-2) Replaces: spl (« 0.7.9-2), spl-dkms Filename: pool/main/z/zfs-linux/zfsutils-linux_0.8.3-1ubuntu12_amd64.deb Size: 353508 MD5sum: 043bdd4ccc9a0f99aa0d8694e2eecb7d SHA1: 24c52de79f4a92449978651c77a9d756ec4e3e19 SHA256: a8abcaae9f99c2ae985ab4aa62ec8c5a810638ff1d1ffbb32cd653eb3169ec26 Homepage: https://zfsonlinux.org/ Description-en: command-line tools to manage OpenZFS filesystems The Z file system is a pooled filesystem designed for maximum data integrity, supporting data snapshots, multiple copies, and data checksums.

There are three methods to install zfsutils-linux 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 zfsutils-linux Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install zfsutils-linux using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install zfsutils-linux

Install zfsutils-linux Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install zfsutils-linux using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install zfsutils-linux

Install zfsutils-linux 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 zfsutils-linux using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zfsutils-linux

How To Uninstall zfsutils-linux on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the zfsutils-linux package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove zfsutils-linux

Uninstall zfsutils-linux And Its Dependencies

To uninstall zfsutils-linux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zfsutils-linux

Remove zfsutils-linux Configurations and Data

To remove zfsutils-linux configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge zfsutils-linux

Remove zfsutils-linux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove zfsutils-linux configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zfsutils-linux

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zfsutils-linux package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.