How To Install daxctl on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install daxctl on Ubuntu 20.04. daxctl is Utility for managing the device DAX subsystem

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install daxctl on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is daxctl

daxctl is:

“DAX” are file system extensions to bypass the page cache and block layer to mmap persistent memory, from a PMEM block device, directly into a process address space.

This package contains a utility for managing the device DAX subsystem in the Linux kernel.

There are three methods to install daxctl 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 daxctl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install daxctl

Install daxctl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install daxctl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install daxctl

Install daxctl 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 daxctl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install daxctl

How To Uninstall daxctl on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the daxctl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove daxctl

Uninstall daxctl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall daxctl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove daxctl

Remove daxctl Configurations and Data

To remove daxctl configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge daxctl

Remove daxctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge daxctl

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install daxctl package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.