How To Install mtp-tools on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtp-tools on Ubuntu 20.04. mtp-tools is Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) library tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtp-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is mtp-tools

mtp-tools is:

libmtp is a library for communicating with MTP aware devices in POSIX compliant operating systems. It implements MTP Basic, the subset proposed for standardization.

The Media Transfer Protocol (commonly referred to as MTP) is a devised set of custom extensions to support the transfer of music files on USB digital audio players and movie files on USB portable media players.

This package contains tools for communicating with MTP devices.

There are three methods to install mtp-tools 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 mtp-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 mtp-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mtp-tools

Install mtp-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mtp-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mtp-tools

Install mtp-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 mtp-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mtp-tools

How To Uninstall mtp-tools on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the mtp-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mtp-tools

Uninstall mtp-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mtp-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mtp-tools

Remove mtp-tools Configurations and Data

To remove mtp-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mtp-tools

Remove mtp-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mtp-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mtp-tools

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mtp-tools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.