How To Install exfatprogs on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install exfatprogs on Debian 12.
What is exfatprogs
exfatprogs is:
Tools to manage extended file allocation table filesystem. This package provides tools to create, check, dump and label the filesystem. It contains
- mkfs.exfat to create an exFAT filesystem
- fsck.exfat to check and repair an exFAT filesystem
- tune.exfat to print and edit the volume label or serial
- dump.exfat to show on-disk information of an exFAT filesystem
- exfat2img to dump exFAT metadata The tools included in this package are the exfatprogs maintained by Samsung and LG engineers, who provided Linux exFAT support.
There are three methods to install exfatprogs on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install exfatprogs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install exfatprogs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install exfatprogs
Install exfatprogs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install exfatprogs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install exfatprogs
Install exfatprogs 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install exfatprogs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install exfatprogs
How To Uninstall exfatprogs on Debian 12
To uninstall only the exfatprogs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove exfatprogs
Uninstall exfatprogs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall exfatprogs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove exfatprogs
Remove exfatprogs Configurations and Data
To remove exfatprogs configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge exfatprogs
Remove exfatprogs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove exfatprogs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge exfatprogs
Dependencies
exfatprogs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install exfatprogs package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
