How To Install multipath-tools-boot on Ubuntu

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

2 minutes • 370 words

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install multipath-tools-boot on Ubuntu.

What is `multipath-tools-boot`

multipath-tools-boot is:

This package contains the necessary support for booting from a multipath device:

copy over multipath.conf and persistent bindings if necessary
load the necessary kernel modules
detect multipath block devices

Don’t install this package if you’re not booting from a multipath device.

There are three methods to install multipath-tools-boot 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 multipath-tools-boot Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install multipath-tools-boot

Install multipath-tools-boot Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install multipath-tools-boot using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install multipath-tools-boot

Install multipath-tools-boot 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 multipath-tools-boot using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install multipath-tools-boot

How To Uninstall multipath-tools-boot on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the multipath-tools-boot package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove multipath-tools-boot

Uninstall multipath-tools-boot And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove multipath-tools-boot

Remove multipath-tools-boot Configurations and Data

To remove multipath-tools-boot configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge multipath-tools-boot

Remove multipath-tools-boot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove multipath-tools-boot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multipath-tools-boot

Dependencies

multipath-tools-boot have the following dependencies:

References

multipath-tools-boot website

Summary

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