Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdevmapper-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libdevmapper-dev
libdevmapper-dev 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) header files for accessing the
device-mapper; it allow usage of the device-mapper through a clean,
consistent interface (as opposed to through kernel ioctls).
Package: libdevmapper-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.02.167-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: lvm2 (2.03.07-1ubuntu1)
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Debian LVM Team [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 186
Depends: libdevmapper1.02.1 (= 2:1.02.167-1ubuntu1), libdevmapper-event1.02.1 (= 2:1.02.167-1ubuntu1), libudev-dev, libselinux1-dev
Filename: pool/main/l/lvm2/libdevmapper-dev_1.02.167-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 35804
MD5sum: 7217c5777200391fabb4f7c9cd360f9e
SHA1: 3f4b86916fa90a6f887210892a8c84c93f570f14
SHA256: 02682b257b77f53d981a3812bd86c8baec42d1f848758fe2b753eddbad6bf5de
Homepage: http://sources.redhat.com/lvm2/
Description-en: Linux Kernel Device Mapper header files
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) header files for accessing the
device-mapper; it allow usage of the device-mapper through a clean,
consistent interface (as opposed to through kernel ioctls).
There are three methods to install libdevmapper-dev 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 libdevmapper-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libdevmapper-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libdevmapper-dev
Install libdevmapper-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libdevmapper-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libdevmapper-dev
Install libdevmapper-dev 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 libdevmapper-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libdevmapper-dev
How To Uninstall libdevmapper-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libdevmapper-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libdevmapper-dev
Uninstall libdevmapper-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libdevmapper-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdevmapper-dev
Remove libdevmapper-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libdevmapper-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libdevmapper-dev
Remove libdevmapper-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libdevmapper-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdevmapper-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libdevmapper-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
