How To Install kpartx on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kpartx
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is kpartx
kpartx is:
Kpartx can be used to set up device mappings for the partitions of any partitioned block device. It is part of the Linux multipath-tools.
There are three methods to install kpartx
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 kpartx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kpartx
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kpartx
Install kpartx Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kpartx
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kpartx
Install kpartx 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 kpartx
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kpartx
How To Uninstall kpartx on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the kpartx
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kpartx
Uninstall kpartx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kpartx
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kpartx
Remove kpartx Configurations and Data
To remove kpartx
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kpartx
Remove kpartx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kpartx
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kpartx
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kpartx
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.