How To Install e2fslibs on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fslibs on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is e2fslibs
e2fslibs is:
This is a transitional package to libext2fs2. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install e2fslibs on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install e2fslibs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install e2fslibs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install e2fslibs
Install e2fslibs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install e2fslibs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install e2fslibs
Install e2fslibs 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 e2fslibs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install e2fslibs
How To Uninstall e2fslibs on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the e2fslibs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove e2fslibs
Uninstall e2fslibs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall e2fslibs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove e2fslibs
Remove e2fslibs Configurations and Data
To remove e2fslibs configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge e2fslibs
Remove e2fslibs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove e2fslibs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge e2fslibs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fslibs package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
