How To Install nvme-cli on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvme-cli on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is nvme-cli
nvme-cli is:
NVMe is a fast, scalable, direct attached storage interface, accessing solid state drives through PCIe.
The nvme CLI contains core management tools with minimal dependencies.
Package: nvme-cli Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.9-1 Priority: optional Section: universe/admin Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Breno Leitao [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 668 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14) Filename: pool/universe/n/nvme-cli/nvme-cli_1.9-1_amd64.deb Size: 282488 MD5sum: f492049c12191395fb18060b5bd18364 SHA1: adb6ef9c0e44b6fbc38c5e5102dacdef27ac63d1 SHA256: 604728ed99235d1d13342325147fd4a86cd629f6c345815aed82b13f2f6fa03d Homepage: https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli Description-en: userspace tooling to control NVMe drives NVMe is a fast, scalable, direct attached storage interface, accessing solid state drives through PCIe.
The nvme CLI contains core management tools with minimal dependencies.
There are three methods to install nvme-cli 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 nvme-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nvme-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nvme-cli
Install nvme-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nvme-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nvme-cli
Install nvme-cli 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 nvme-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nvme-cli
How To Uninstall nvme-cli on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the nvme-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nvme-cli
Uninstall nvme-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nvme-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nvme-cli
Remove nvme-cli Configurations and Data
To remove nvme-cli configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nvme-cli
Remove nvme-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nvme-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nvme-cli
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nvme-cli package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
