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

Last updated: January 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mtools" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install mtools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall mtools 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 mtools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: mtools
Version: 4.0.33-1+really4.0.32-1
Installed-Size: 399
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_4.0.33-1+really4.0.32-1_amd64.deb
Size: 201972
MD5sum: 6af7edd1ebb6bf2a48f65666047ecc61
SHA256: 972e0857ff43dbfc4c9255844c97b5d2cb0287720216d04c95b4e7fa483aec99