How to Install eatmydata software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install eatmydata software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

eatmydata software package provides library and utilities designed to disable fsync and friends, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install eatmydata 

eatmydata is installed in your system.

Make ensure the eatmydata package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep eatmydata *

You will get with eatmydata package name, version, architecture and description in a table

eatmydata package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Utilities
Package eatmydata
Version 26-02-16
Description library and utilities designed to disable fsync and friends
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove eatmydata software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?