How To Install libsmdev-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmdev-utils
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsmdev-utils
libsmdev-utils is:
libsmdev is a library to access to storage media devices.
This package contains smdevinfo, a tool to determine information about storage media devices.
There are three methods to install libsmdev-utils
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 libsmdev-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsmdev-utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsmdev-utils
Install libsmdev-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsmdev-utils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsmdev-utils
Install libsmdev-utils 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 libsmdev-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsmdev-utils
How To Uninstall libsmdev-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsmdev-utils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsmdev-utils
Uninstall libsmdev-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsmdev-utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsmdev-utils
Remove libsmdev-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libsmdev-utils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsmdev-utils
Remove libsmdev-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsmdev-utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsmdev-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsmdev-utils
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.