How To Install apfsprogs on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install apfsprogs on Ubuntu 22.04. apfsprogs is experimental APFS tools for Linux

Introduction

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

What is apfsprogs

apfsprogs is:

This is a suite of userland software to work with the Apple File System on Linux. For now only mkfs and fsck tools are available, both functional but lacking in features. Compatibility with the Apple implementations has barely been tested; please exercise caution.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install apfsprogs

Install apfsprogs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install apfsprogs

Install apfsprogs 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 apfsprogs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apfsprogs

How To Uninstall apfsprogs on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove apfsprogs

Uninstall apfsprogs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apfsprogs

Remove apfsprogs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge apfsprogs

Remove apfsprogs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apfsprogs

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Summary

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