How To Install makefs on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install makefs on Ubuntu 22.04. makefs is create a cd9660 or ffs filesystem image from a directory tree

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install makefs on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is makefs

makefs is:

NetBSD® makefs(8) creates a filesystem image from a directory tree without the need for superuser privileges. The MirBSD version fixes ECMA 119, SUSP and RRIP (Rock Ridge) compliance and adds features.

Supported target filesystem types are:

cd9660   ISO 9660 (ECMA 119) compatible filesystem images, with
         Rock Ridge, El Torito, and other features
ffs      4.2FFS, the BSD Fast Filesystem, also known as UFS1;
         UFS2 (with "-o version=2")

The images created can be of a fixed (predefined) size, given on the command line, or sized automatically. Permission bits are taken from the source directory tree but may be overridden using an mtree file.

This utility does not currently support Large Files (2 GiB or more).

There are three methods to install makefs on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install makefs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install makefs

Install makefs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install makefs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install makefs

Install makefs 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 makefs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install makefs

How To Uninstall makefs on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the makefs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove makefs

Uninstall makefs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall makefs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove makefs

Remove makefs Configurations and Data

To remove makefs configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge makefs

Remove makefs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge makefs

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install makefs package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.