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

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "mtools" package

This tutorial shows how to install mtools on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mtools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mtools" package

Learn how to uninstall mtools on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mtools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mtools package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: mtools
Version: 4.0.23-1
Installed-Size: 384
Maintainer: Chris Lamb
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Suggests: floppyd
Description: Tools for manipulating MSDOS files
Description-md5: 713405d74e85e434832c80a5fd847511
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/
Tag: admin::filesystem, hardware::storage:floppy, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, suite::gnu
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mtools/mtools_4.0.23-1_amd64.deb
Size: 196088
MD5sum: c375bd49077003c7e2bc8c312c40c702
SHA256: 98523f81fe313ad866dea6cb6ca293987c5cc927509122788d46cff0dab5862b