How to Install and Uninstall dosfstools Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: April 23,2024

1. Install "dosfstools" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install dosfstools on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dosfstools
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "dosfstools" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall dosfstools on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dosfstools
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the dosfstools package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: dosfstools
Version: 4.1-2
Installed-Size: 235
Maintainer: Andreas Bombe
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libudev1 (>= 183)
Description: utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems
Description-md5: 6e6f1615505926a1cde788227bb8c0b5
Homepage: https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools
Tag: admin::filesystem, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, use::checking
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dosfstools/dosfstools_4.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 98384
MD5sum: 966f844b631b2df68b291fa9abf6f503
SHA256: d4c521bf4724aa8788c666791674f71e84f0f0befe0471e73e925cd8fa22ee33