How To Install ddrutility on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ddrutility on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ddrutility
ddrutility is:
Meant to be a compliment to gnuddrescue. It is a LINUX based set of utilities to help with data rescue. Find what files are related to the bad sectors using a ddrescue logfile, special NTFS utility to find files related to bad sectors, create a domain logfile to use with ddrescue to only recover the used portion of an NTFS partition, create a domain logfile to use with ddrescue to focus on recovering the MFT of an NTFS partition and perform some advanced disk read functions.
There are three methods to install ddrutility on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ddrutility Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ddrutility using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ddrutility
Install ddrutility Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ddrutility using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ddrutility
Install ddrutility 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 ddrutility using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ddrutility
How To Uninstall ddrutility on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ddrutility package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ddrutility
Uninstall ddrutility And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ddrutility and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ddrutility
Remove ddrutility Configurations and Data
To remove ddrutility configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ddrutility
Remove ddrutility configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ddrutility configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ddrutility
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ddrutility package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
