How to Install and Uninstall mtools Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "mtools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install mtools on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall mtools on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: mtools
Version: 4.0.26-1
Installed-Size: 389
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_4.0.26-1_amd64.deb
Size: 195904
MD5sum: 4824198e44861708adcd24ef349acddb
SHA256: 8a487e11fbd60daf9513cdc6c8035c5c67c62dc2b2d19af16b83ac6b134b8231