How to Install and Uninstall dosfstools Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 03,2024

You can also install and uninstall the dosfstools on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "dosfstools" package

Please follow the instructions below to install dosfstools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall dosfstools on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dosfstools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: dosfstools
Version: 4.2-1
Installed-Size: 315
Maintainer: Andreas Bombe
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
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_4.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 141936
MD5sum: 9c05191e33de00b9b2e962dc93a2eb58
SHA256: 71b0471242f7bb777264cdab55c141f1fc043b443105633a38708e125f90c4ea