How to Install and Uninstall android-file-transfer Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "android-file-transfer" package

This is a short guide on how to install android-file-transfer on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                android-file-transfer
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "android-file-transfer" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall android-file-transfer on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                android-file-transfer
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the android-file-transfer package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: android-file-transfer
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.9+dfsg-1build1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dylan Aïssi
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1616
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libqt5core5a (>= 5.12.2), libqt5gui5 (>= 5.7.0) | libqt5gui5-gles (>= 5.7.0), libqt5widgets5 (>= 5.0.2), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libstdc++6 (>= 9)
Filename: pool/universe/a/android-file-transfer/android-file-transfer_3.9+dfsg-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 397576
MD5sum: 44c6fa809e297834dfec0975cf67aa49
SHA1: 7f255b69d175d7603ade739142ecd5e30be44084
SHA256: 93d4a91584c89553050c6b9fc9d49be194f0ea86a17d7685e4b3a9391948be85
SHA512: f774a5b4b45f656cfcc3f534303598579fa1bfaafbdef477e45506970f7fa6f7c21097fc60dcb12d88df7ce91317cea34a9a9b1093c84706ff402a164d597031
Homepage: https://whoozle.github.io/android-file-transfer-linux/
Description-en: reliable MTP client with minimalistic UI
Android-File-Transfer is a reliable MTP client with minimalistic UI.
Its features are:
1. Simple Qt UI with progress dialogs.
2. FUSE wrapper, supporting partial read/writes, allowing instant access
to your files.
3. No file size limits.
4. Automatically renames album cover to make it visible from media player.
5. USB ‘Zerocopy’ support found in recent Linux kernel (no user/kernel
data copying).
6. No extra dependencies (e.g. libptp/libmtp).
7. Available as static/shared library.
8. Command line tool (aft-mtp-cli).
Description-md5: 58a1524e1344d1c366ef7b4c9c6d197f