How to Install and Uninstall hfsprogs Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "hfsprogs" package

This is a short guide on how to install hfsprogs on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall hfsprogs on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                hfsprogs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the hfsprogs package on Kali Linux

Package: hfsprogs
Source: hfsprogs (540.1.linux3-5)
Version: 540.1.linux3-5+b1
Installed-Size: 394
Maintainer: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0)
Size: 156640
SHA256: 705714dca92c95c646233b84e872366e95f7051015800e160834a4492a358b5c
SHA1: e9f2bcdf4430e3bf23fb318fcac099fb1abe7b4d
MD5sum: 06c16432b9873dbe1c89ff08ead0eb1f
Description: mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems
The HFS+ file system used by Apple Computer for their Mac OS is
supported by the Linux kernel. Apple provides mkfs and fsck for
HFS+ with the Unix core of their operating system, Darwin.
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This package is a port of Apple's tools for HFS+ filesystems.
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For users, HFS+ seems to be a good compromise to carry files between
MacOS X and Linux Machines, as HFS+ doesn't suffer the problems of
FAT32 like:
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* huge space waste (in slack space as devices grow faster);
* ability to create files that are more than 4GB in size (especially
good for those working with multimedia and that need to carry large
ISO files);
* ability to use case preserving (and even sensitivity!);
* ability to use uid's and gid's on the filesystem.
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Users in general can enjoy such benefits since it is expected to have
more HFS+ filesystems in use, as Apple has announced Macintoshes for
ix86-64, besides the filesystem being already supported by PowerPC
systems since the beginning.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://opensource.apple.com/source/diskdev_cmds/
Tag: admin::filesystem, admin::recovery, hardware::storage,
implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::checking, use::storing, works-with::file
Section: non-free/otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/non-free/h/hfsprogs/hfsprogs_540.1.linux3-5+b1_amd64.deb