How To Install udisks2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install udisks2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is udisks2
udisks2 is:
The udisks daemon serves as an interface to system block devices, implemented via D-Bus. It handles operations such as querying, mounting, unmounting, formatting, or detaching storage devices such as hard disks or USB thumb drives.
This package also provides the udisksctl utility, which can be used to trigger these operations from the command line (if permitted by PolicyKit).
Creating or modifying file systems such as XFS, RAID, or LUKS encryption requires that the corresponding mkfs.* and admin tools are installed, such as dosfstools for VFAT, xfsprogs for XFS, or cryptsetup for LUKS.
There are three methods to install udisks2 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 udisks2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install udisks2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install udisks2
Install udisks2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install udisks2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install udisks2
Install udisks2 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 udisks2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install udisks2
How To Uninstall udisks2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the udisks2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove udisks2
Uninstall udisks2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall udisks2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove udisks2
Remove udisks2 Configurations and Data
To remove udisks2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge udisks2
Remove udisks2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove udisks2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge udisks2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install udisks2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
