How To Install dosfstools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dosfstools
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dosfstools
dosfstools is:
The dosfstools package includes the mkfs.fat and fsck.fat utilities, which respectively make and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems.
There are three methods to install dosfstools
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 dosfstools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dosfstools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dosfstools
Install dosfstools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dosfstools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dosfstools
Install dosfstools 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 dosfstools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dosfstools
How To Uninstall dosfstools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dosfstools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dosfstools
Uninstall dosfstools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dosfstools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dosfstools
Remove dosfstools Configurations and Data
To remove dosfstools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dosfstools
Remove dosfstools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dosfstools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dosfstools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dosfstools
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.