How To Install logfs-tools-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install logfs-tools-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is logfs-tools-dbg
logfs-tools-dbg is:
LogFS is a scalable flash filesystem. It is aimed to replace JFFS2 for most uses, but focuses more on large devices. JFFS2 works well enough on small devices, it just gets slow and uses up too much memory on larger ones.
This package contains the debugging symbols for the utilities needed to create logfs filesystems.
There are three methods to install logfs-tools-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install logfs-tools-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install logfs-tools-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install logfs-tools-dbg
Install logfs-tools-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install logfs-tools-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install logfs-tools-dbg
Install logfs-tools-dbg 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 logfs-tools-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install logfs-tools-dbg
How To Uninstall logfs-tools-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the logfs-tools-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove logfs-tools-dbg
Uninstall logfs-tools-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall logfs-tools-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove logfs-tools-dbg
Remove logfs-tools-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove logfs-tools-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge logfs-tools-dbg
Remove logfs-tools-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove logfs-tools-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge logfs-tools-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install logfs-tools-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
