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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "fdutils" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install fdutils on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "fdutils" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall fdutils 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 fdutils package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: fdutils
Version: 5.6-4
Installed-Size: 846
Maintainer: Matteo Cypriani
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: miscutils
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: mtools
Description: Linux floppy utilities
Description-md5: e2b723712d21225aa16f5415960c53bb
Homepage: https://fdutils.linux.lu/
Tag: admin::filesystem, admin::hardware, hardware::storage:floppy,
implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::configuring
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fdutils/fdutils_5.6-4_amd64.deb
Size: 322480
MD5sum: eaf24f7cd74e6d0a605025c4b4b0ea08
SHA256: 80da126177f0d0fbf1177ab5b8aee3d9869d70315341b219b3715ee7e030ae89