How to Install and Uninstall dosfstools Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "dosfstools" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install dosfstools on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall dosfstools on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dosfstools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dosfstools package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: dosfstools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.1-1
Priority: standard
Section: otherosfs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Bombe
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 211
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libudev1 (>= 183)
Filename: pool/main/d/dosfstools/dosfstools_4.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 58058
MD5sum: 16323faf5356e0b15cadbb6dd8b81a72
SHA1: 486eb2fbeefdcdc9d153be38781695396c7753b7
SHA256: 58a15c62ba50622da685cb809ebbf0ea103bf9c6b9536265e3f31365978a1d0d
Homepage: https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools
Description: utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems
Description-md5: 6e6f1615505926a1cde788227bb8c0b5
Task: standard, ubuntu-core
Supported: 5y