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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "mtools" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install mtools 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 "mtools" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall mtools on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: mtools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.0.18-2ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: otherosfs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 363
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Suggests: floppyd
Filename: pool/main/m/mtools/mtools_4.0.18-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 176658
MD5sum: 0d4331158c1db87b8f104ea41babc9c6
SHA1: 4dcf48ad1ed2893e4e1ffe55e21f56bcd7308334
SHA256: e82a031aa899d8556d78a5efbfc37db57ce5d9badc6c2bfae63e239f7563e4c7
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/
Description: Tools for manipulating MSDOS files
Description-md5: b3b35cc7d4e80f29d3aa9d91bdf899da
Task: ubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop
Supported: 5y