How To Install pxfw on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pxfw on Ubuntu 22.04. pxfw is Plextor firmware updater

Introduction

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

What is pxfw

pxfw is:

QPxTool gives you access to all available Quality Checks (Q-Checks) on written and blank media, that are available for your drive. This will help you to find the right media and the optimized writing speed for your hardware, which will increase the chance for a long data lifetime.

This package contains pxfw, a firmware flash program for Plextor optical drives.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pxfw

Install pxfw Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pxfw

Install pxfw 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 pxfw using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pxfw

How To Uninstall pxfw on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove pxfw

Uninstall pxfw And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pxfw

Remove pxfw Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pxfw

Remove pxfw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pxfw

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Summary

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