How To Install logfs-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install logfs-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is logfs-tools
logfs-tools is:
LogFS is a scalable flash filesystem. It is aimed to replace JFFS2 for most uses, but focuses more on large devices. JFFS2 works well enough on small devices, it just gets slow and uses up too much memory on larger ones.
This package contains utilities needed to create logfs filesystems.
There are three methods to install logfs-tools 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 logfs-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install logfs-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install logfs-tools
Install logfs-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install logfs-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install logfs-tools
Install logfs-tools 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 logfs-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install logfs-tools
How To Uninstall logfs-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the logfs-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove logfs-tools
Uninstall logfs-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall logfs-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove logfs-tools
Remove logfs-tools Configurations and Data
To remove logfs-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge logfs-tools
Remove logfs-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove logfs-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge logfs-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install logfs-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
