How to Install and Uninstall mtools Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "mtools" package

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


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall mtools on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: mtools
Version: 4.0.43-1
Installed-Size: 390
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: floppyd
Size: 192940
SHA256: b863fc36aed275bda0dbb5e6dbb42b7ff6ca694b4d56eaef17c1b724be7126d1
SHA1: 372d11fc3335dfd6254332950812918ec0910236
MD5sum: 93849a9609b752d9d29667f38498a218
Description: Tools for manipulating MSDOS files
Mtools is a collection of utilities to access MS-DOS disks from Unix without
mounting them. It supports Win'95 style long file names, OS/2 Xdf disks,
ZIP/JAZ disks and 2m disks (store up to 1992kB on a high density 3 1/2 disk).
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Also included in this package are commands to eject and manipulate the
write/password protection control of Zip disks.
Description-md5:
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_4.0.43-1_amd64.deb