How to Install flashcache-dkms software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install flashcache-dkms software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

flashcache-dkms software package provides write-back block device cache for Linux (DKMS version), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install flashcache-dkms 

flashcache-dkms is installed in your system.

Make ensure the flashcache-dkms package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep flashcache-dkms *

You will get with flashcache-dkms package name, version, architecture and description in a table

flashcache-dkms package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Kernels
Package flashcache-dkms
Version 3.1.3+git20150701-2ubuntu2
Description write-back block device cache for Linux (DKMS version)
Sub Section Kernels


See Also, How to uninstall or remove flashcache-dkms software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?