How To Install libext2fs2 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libext2fs2
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libext2fs2
libext2fs2 is:
The ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems are successors of the original ext (“extended”) file system. They are the main file system types used for hard disks on Debian and other Linux systems.
This package provides the ext2fs and e2p libraries, for userspace software that directly accesses extended file systems. Programs that use libext2fs include e2fsck, mke2fs, and tune2fs. Programs that use libe2p include dumpe2fs, chattr, and lsattr.
There are three methods to install libext2fs2
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 libext2fs2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libext2fs2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libext2fs2
Install libext2fs2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libext2fs2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libext2fs2
Install libext2fs2 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 libext2fs2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libext2fs2
How To Uninstall libext2fs2 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libext2fs2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libext2fs2
Uninstall libext2fs2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libext2fs2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libext2fs2
Remove libext2fs2 Configurations and Data
To remove libext2fs2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libext2fs2
Remove libext2fs2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libext2fs2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libext2fs2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libext2fs2
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.