Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grubzfs-testsuite on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is grubzfs-testsuite
grubzfs-testsuite is:
This package is used as autopkgtests when uploading new versions of
ZFS or grub scripts to generate the grub menu content.
Package: grubzfs-testsuite
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.4.10
Built-Using: golang-1.13 (= 1.13.8-1ubuntu1)
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 17206
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libnvpair1linux (>= 0.8.2), libzfs2linux (>= 0.8.3), grub-common (>= 2.04-1ubuntu25~), zfsutils-linux, e2fsprogs, zsys
Filename: pool/universe/g/grubzfs-testsuite/grubzfs-testsuite_0.4.10_amd64.deb
Size: 2718080
MD5sum: e71b81adb5181aa8aa151fcb4c0a04f2
SHA1: a2b73d8a69aafe8107effba5de1673ddf4dbb692
SHA256: d43aa134e67a048b898cd2cdb8180dbb5582b8c2bca3204a9be480c7f04bd46e
Homepage: https://github.com/ubuntu/grubzfs-testsuite
Description-en: Testsuite for grub menu generation on zfs systems
This package is used as autopkgtests when uploading new versions of
ZFS or grub scripts to generate the grub menu content.
There are three methods to install grubzfs-testsuite on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install grubzfs-testsuite Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grubzfs-testsuite using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grubzfs-testsuite
Install grubzfs-testsuite Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grubzfs-testsuite using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grubzfs-testsuite
Install grubzfs-testsuite 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 grubzfs-testsuite using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grubzfs-testsuite
How To Uninstall grubzfs-testsuite on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the grubzfs-testsuite package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grubzfs-testsuite
Uninstall grubzfs-testsuite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grubzfs-testsuite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grubzfs-testsuite
Remove grubzfs-testsuite Configurations and Data
To remove grubzfs-testsuite configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grubzfs-testsuite
Remove grubzfs-testsuite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grubzfs-testsuite configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grubzfs-testsuite
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grubzfs-testsuite package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
