How to Install and Uninstall squashfs-tools Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "squashfs-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to install squashfs-tools on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "squashfs-tools" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall squashfs-tools on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: squashfs-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:4.3-6ubuntu0.18.04.4
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 310
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r113), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), liblzo2-2, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/main/s/squashfs-tools/squashfs-tools_4.3-6ubuntu0.18.04.4_amd64.deb
Size: 111240
MD5sum: 3e8122e6050f7e738fa07dd8aaa09fc9
SHA1: 1024bac8acc35ee2e74473830961e49b067f3fb7
SHA256: 70b4c2b92f6b1835c0e8a1c17975c78ba5fa7ad7f57fd7cbbe285c6856a6acfc
SHA512: 8c93b307eeec7900fe9faa49908c691acab8f09ce1dd65affdbf82946000886c2c6ac662ee777fe0e4f4bf534418009f7efd61359938e9c16f0b37e83e96980f
Homepage: http://squashfs.sourceforge.net/
Description: Tool to create and append to squashfs filesystems
Description-md5: 17dcc783a84cdb071acdaa9841a6522c
Task: ubuntu-core, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y

Package: squashfs-tools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:4.3-6
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 305
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r113), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), liblzo2-2, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/main/s/squashfs-tools/squashfs-tools_4.3-6_amd64.deb
Size: 110320
MD5sum: f6c7e418b3fcf99c123ddc7504cf86e8
SHA1: 180b7fccd7cc1b173cf9a0976a7c3ddc8de5e747
SHA256: bea818919ba281c00cccc767ca7a74be32a25dae88c335b6e6b1376dc3a3e2cc
Homepage: http://squashfs.sourceforge.net/
Description: Tool to create and append to squashfs filesystems
Description-md5: 17dcc783a84cdb071acdaa9841a6522c
Task: ubuntu-core, ubuntu-desktop, cloud-image, server, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y