How To Install bcache-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bcache-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is bcache-tools
bcache-tools is:
Bcache allows the use of SSDs to cache other block devices.
Documentation for the run-time interface is included in the kernel tree; in Documentation/bcache.txt.
This package includes udev rules, initramfs support, and the utilities to create a new bcache as well as inspect existing bcache partitions. Task: server, cloud-image
Package: bcache-tools Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.0.8-3 Priority: optional Section: utils Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: David Mohr [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 85 Depends: libblkid1 (>= 2.17.2), libc6 (>= 2.8), libuuid1 (>= 2.16) Recommends: initramfs-tools | linux-initramfs-tool Filename: pool/main/b/bcache-tools/bcache-tools_1.0.8-3_amd64.deb Size: 18704 MD5sum: 21430f51b4c0c5256e687beb0b468b6c SHA1: 3324584bfe7ba419cf7dd0c2b5c5b228da46eee8 SHA256: 294b8a007087eec66f0d12d9678e1a7cbf72653764a8cc1c0c118c6dd949f888 Homepage: https://bcache.evilpiepirate.org/ Description-en: bcache userspace tools Bcache allows the use of SSDs to cache other block devices.
Documentation for the run-time interface is included in the kernel tree; in Documentation/bcache.txt.
This package includes udev rules, initramfs support, and the utilities to create a new bcache as well as inspect existing bcache partitions. Task: server, cloud-image
There are three methods to install bcache-tools 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 bcache-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bcache-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bcache-tools
Install bcache-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bcache-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bcache-tools
Install bcache-tools 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 bcache-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bcache-tools
How To Uninstall bcache-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the bcache-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bcache-tools
Uninstall bcache-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bcache-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bcache-tools
Remove bcache-tools Configurations and Data
To remove bcache-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bcache-tools
Remove bcache-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bcache-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bcache-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bcache-tools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
