How To Install libdevmapper1.02.1 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 libdevmapper1.02.1 on Ubuntu.
What is libdevmapper1.02.1
libdevmapper1.02.1 is:
The Linux Kernel Device Mapper is the LVM (Linux Logical Volume Management) Team’s implementation of a minimalistic kernel-space driver that handles volume management, while keeping knowledge of the underlying device layout in user-space. This makes it useful for not only LVM, but software raid, and other drivers that create “virtual” block devices.
This package contains the (user-space) shared library for accessing the device-mapper; it allows usage of the device-mapper through a clean, consistent interface (as opposed to through kernel ioctls).
There are three methods to install libdevmapper1.02.1 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 libdevmapper1.02.1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdevmapper1.02.1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdevmapper1.02.1
Install libdevmapper1.02.1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdevmapper1.02.1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdevmapper1.02.1
Install libdevmapper1.02.1 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 libdevmapper1.02.1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdevmapper1.02.1
How To Uninstall libdevmapper1.02.1 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libdevmapper1.02.1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdevmapper1.02.1
Uninstall libdevmapper1.02.1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdevmapper1.02.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdevmapper1.02.1
Remove libdevmapper1.02.1 Configurations and Data
To remove libdevmapper1.02.1 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdevmapper1.02.1
Remove libdevmapper1.02.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdevmapper1.02.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdevmapper1.02.1
Dependencies
libdevmapper1.02.1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdevmapper1.02.1 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.