How To Install libblockdev-loop2 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-loop2
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libblockdev-loop2
libblockdev-loop2 is:
The libblockdev library plugin (and at the same time a standalone library) providing the functionality related to loop devices. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install libblockdev-loop2
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 libblockdev-loop2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libblockdev-loop2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libblockdev-loop2
Install libblockdev-loop2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libblockdev-loop2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libblockdev-loop2
Install libblockdev-loop2 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 libblockdev-loop2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libblockdev-loop2
How To Uninstall libblockdev-loop2 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libblockdev-loop2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libblockdev-loop2
Uninstall libblockdev-loop2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libblockdev-loop2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libblockdev-loop2
Remove libblockdev-loop2 Configurations and Data
To remove libblockdev-loop2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libblockdev-loop2
Remove libblockdev-loop2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libblockdev-loop2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libblockdev-loop2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-loop2
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.