How To Install go-mtpfs on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install go-mtpfs
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is go-mtpfs
go-mtpfs is:
Go-mtpfs is a simple FUSE filesystem for mounting Android devices as an MTP device.
It will expose all storage areas of a device in the mount, and only reads file metadata as needed, making it mount quickly. It uses Android extensions to read/write partial data, so manipulating large files requires no extra space in /tmp.
There are three methods to install go-mtpfs
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 go-mtpfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install go-mtpfs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install go-mtpfs
Install go-mtpfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install go-mtpfs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install go-mtpfs
Install go-mtpfs 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 go-mtpfs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install go-mtpfs
How To Uninstall go-mtpfs on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the go-mtpfs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove go-mtpfs
Uninstall go-mtpfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall go-mtpfs
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove go-mtpfs
Remove go-mtpfs Configurations and Data
To remove go-mtpfs
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge go-mtpfs
Remove go-mtpfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove go-mtpfs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge go-mtpfs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install go-mtpfs
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.