How To Install fatresize on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fatresize
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fatresize
fatresize is:
Fatresize is a command line tool for non-destructive resizing of FAT16/FAT32 partitions.
It is based on the GNU Parted library. The main target of the project is to be used with the EVMS FAT plugin.
There are three methods to install fatresize
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 fatresize Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fatresize
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fatresize
Install fatresize Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fatresize
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fatresize
Install fatresize 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 fatresize
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fatresize
How To Uninstall fatresize on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fatresize
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fatresize
Uninstall fatresize And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fatresize
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fatresize
Remove fatresize Configurations and Data
To remove fatresize
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fatresize
Remove fatresize configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fatresize
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fatresize
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fatresize
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.