How To Install amiga-fdisk-cross on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amiga-fdisk-cross on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is amiga-fdisk-cross
amiga-fdisk-cross is:
Amiga-fdisk is, similar to fdisk for PCs, a program to partition harddisks. Though it seems to work quite well, it’s still got some sort of beta status. It’s suggested that you still use the AmigaDOS native tool “HDToolBox” to partition your harddisks and use amiga-fdisk only for querying partition information. This is the version for non-Amiga systems.
There are three methods to install amiga-fdisk-cross on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install amiga-fdisk-cross Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install amiga-fdisk-cross using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install amiga-fdisk-cross
Install amiga-fdisk-cross Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install amiga-fdisk-cross using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install amiga-fdisk-cross
Install amiga-fdisk-cross 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 amiga-fdisk-cross using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install amiga-fdisk-cross
How To Uninstall amiga-fdisk-cross on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the amiga-fdisk-cross package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove amiga-fdisk-cross
Uninstall amiga-fdisk-cross And Its Dependencies
To uninstall amiga-fdisk-cross and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove amiga-fdisk-cross
Remove amiga-fdisk-cross Configurations and Data
To remove amiga-fdisk-cross configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge amiga-fdisk-cross
Remove amiga-fdisk-cross configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove amiga-fdisk-cross configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge amiga-fdisk-cross
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install amiga-fdisk-cross package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.