How To Install libvslvm-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvslvm-utils on Ubuntu 18.04. libvslvm-utils is Linux LVM volume system format access library – Utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvslvm-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libvslvm-utils

libvslvm-utils is:

libvslvm is a library to access the Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM) volume system format.

This package contains tools to access data …

There are three methods to install libvslvm-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 libvslvm-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 libvslvm-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvslvm-utils

Install libvslvm-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libvslvm-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libvslvm-utils

Install libvslvm-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 libvslvm-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvslvm-utils

How To Uninstall libvslvm-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libvslvm-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvslvm-utils

Uninstall libvslvm-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvslvm-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvslvm-utils

Remove libvslvm-utils Configurations and Data

To remove libvslvm-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvslvm-utils

Remove libvslvm-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libvslvm-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvslvm-utils

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvslvm-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.