How To Install libblockdev-fs2 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 libblockdev-fs2 on Ubuntu.

What is `libblockdev-fs2`

libblockdev-fs2 is:

The libblockdev library plugin (and at the same time a standalone library) providing the functionality related to operations with file systems.

There are three methods to install libblockdev-fs2 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 libblockdev-fs2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libblockdev-fs2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libblockdev-fs2

Install libblockdev-fs2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libblockdev-fs2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libblockdev-fs2

Install libblockdev-fs2 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 libblockdev-fs2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libblockdev-fs2

How To Uninstall libblockdev-fs2 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libblockdev-fs2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libblockdev-fs2

Uninstall libblockdev-fs2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libblockdev-fs2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libblockdev-fs2

Remove libblockdev-fs2 Configurations and Data

To remove libblockdev-fs2 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libblockdev-fs2

Remove libblockdev-fs2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libblockdev-fs2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libblockdev-fs2

Dependencies

libblockdev-fs2 have the following dependencies:

References

libblockdev-fs2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-fs2 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.