How To Install mount on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install mount on Ubuntu 22.04. mount is tools for mounting and manipulating filesystems

Introduction

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

What is mount

mount is:

This package provides the mount(8), umount(8), swapon(8), swapoff(8), and losetup(8) commands.

There are three methods to install mount 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 mount Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mount

Install mount Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mount

Install mount 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 mount using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mount

How To Uninstall mount on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove mount

Uninstall mount And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mount

Remove mount Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mount

Remove mount configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mount

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Summary

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