How To Install gdisk on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gdisk on Ubuntu.

What is `gdisk`

gdisk is:

GPT fdisk (aka gdisk) is a text-mode partitioning tool that provides utilities for Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) Partition Table (GPT) disks.

Features:

Edit GUID partition table definitions
In place conversion of BSD disklabels to GPT
In place conversion of MBR to GPT
In place conversion of GPT to MBR
Create hybrid MBR/GPT layouts
Repair damaged GPT data structures
Repair damaged MBR structures
Back up GPT data to a file (and restore from file)

There are three methods to install gdisk on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gdisk Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gdisk

Install gdisk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gdisk

Install gdisk 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 gdisk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gdisk

How To Uninstall gdisk on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove gdisk

Uninstall gdisk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gdisk

Remove gdisk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gdisk

Remove gdisk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdisk

Dependencies

gdisk have the following dependencies:

References

gdisk website

Summary

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