How To Install mt-st on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mt-st on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mt-st
mt-st is:
Mt-st contains a version of “mt” that is aware of Linux’s SCSI tape driver. Mt-st is able to set some esoteric control flags like tape partitions.
Mt-st provides an alternative to the GNU version of mt, in the cpio package.
It also comes with stinit, a program to be run at boot time to set up tape defaults.
There are three methods to install mt-st 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 mt-st Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mt-st using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mt-st
Install mt-st Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mt-st using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mt-st
Install mt-st 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 mt-st using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mt-st
How To Uninstall mt-st on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mt-st package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mt-st
Uninstall mt-st And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mt-st and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mt-st
Remove mt-st Configurations and Data
To remove mt-st configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mt-st
Remove mt-st configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mt-st configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mt-st
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mt-st package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
