How To Install libblockdev-vdo2 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-vdo2
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libblockdev-vdo2
libblockdev-vdo2 is:
The libblockdev library plugin (and at the same time a standalone library) providing the functionality related to Virtual Data Optimizer (VDO).
There are three methods to install libblockdev-vdo2
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-vdo2 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-vdo2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libblockdev-vdo2
Install libblockdev-vdo2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libblockdev-vdo2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libblockdev-vdo2
Install libblockdev-vdo2 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-vdo2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libblockdev-vdo2
How To Uninstall libblockdev-vdo2 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libblockdev-vdo2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libblockdev-vdo2
Uninstall libblockdev-vdo2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libblockdev-vdo2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libblockdev-vdo2
Remove libblockdev-vdo2 Configurations and Data
To remove libblockdev-vdo2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libblockdev-vdo2
Remove libblockdev-vdo2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libblockdev-vdo2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libblockdev-vdo2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-vdo2
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.