How To Install android-sdk-ext4-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install android-sdk-ext4-utils on Ubuntu 18.04. android-sdk-ext4-utils is Android ext4-utils tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install android-sdk-ext4-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is android-sdk-ext4-utils

android-sdk-ext4-utils is:

Command line tools to make sparse images from ext4 file system images and android images(.img) with ext4 file systems.

This package contains tools like mkuserimg, ext4fixup and make_ext4fs tools.

There are three methods to install android-sdk-ext4-utils 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 android-sdk-ext4-utils Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install android-sdk-ext4-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install android-sdk-ext4-utils

Install android-sdk-ext4-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install android-sdk-ext4-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install android-sdk-ext4-utils

Install android-sdk-ext4-utils 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 android-sdk-ext4-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install android-sdk-ext4-utils

How To Uninstall android-sdk-ext4-utils on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the android-sdk-ext4-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove android-sdk-ext4-utils

Uninstall android-sdk-ext4-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall android-sdk-ext4-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove android-sdk-ext4-utils

Remove android-sdk-ext4-utils Configurations and Data

To remove android-sdk-ext4-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge android-sdk-ext4-utils

Remove android-sdk-ext4-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove android-sdk-ext4-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge android-sdk-ext4-utils

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install android-sdk-ext4-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.