How to Install and Uninstall disktype Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "disktype" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install disktype on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall disktype on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the disktype package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: disktype
Architecture: amd64
Version: 9-10
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 106
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28)
Filename: pool/universe/d/disktype/disktype_9-10_amd64.deb
Size: 39884
MD5sum: 4e09981191988bda37479d8232297939
SHA1: f16422995bde1acc8ef7fac8b176f8a37d1c15ae
SHA256: e4baefb06d69239013ae12fa60cb8739dc21ad8479f0a4e6a543be7ca0fe99c1
SHA512: d3ecc86ef7c2ff6eb47a891ea58ba3924582f588cf7e824238253b36d2ad80943d64b35a15bcea7243b6a4ee870c895b4f3a806b8661c082d044f9202542919d
Homepage: http://disktype.sf.net
Description-en: detection of content format of a disk or disk image
The purpose of disktype is to detect the content format of a disk or
disk image. It knows about common file systems, partition tables and
boot codes. This software can be used for forensics analysis.
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As of version 9, disktype knows about the following formats:
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File systems:
FAT12/FAT16/FAT32
NTFS
HPFS
MFS, HFS, HFS Plus
ISO9660 (incl. Joliet, El Torito)
UDF
ext2/ext3
ext4 (patch from upstream CVS)
btrfs (patch from upstream CVS)
Minix
ReiserFS
Reiser4
Linux romfs
Linux cramfs
Linux squashfs
UFS (some variations)
SysV FS (some variations)
JFS
XFS
Amiga FS/FFS
Amiga SFS
Amiga PFS
BeOS BFS
QNX4 FS
3DO CD-ROM FS
Veritas VxFS
Xbox DVD file system
Partitioning:
DOS/PC style
EFI GPT
Apple
Amiga "Rigid Disk"
ATARI ST (AHDI3)
BSD disklabel
Linux RAID physical disks
Linux LVM1 physical volumes
Linux LVM2 physical volumes
Solaris SPARC disklabel
Solaris x86 disklabel (vtoc)
Other structures:
Debian split floppy header
Linux swap
Disk images:
Raw CD image (.bin)
Virtual PC hard disk image
Apple UDIF disk image (limited)
Boot loaders:
LILO
GRUB
SYSLINUX
ISOLINUX
Linux kernel
FreeBSD loader
Windows/MS-DOS loader
BeOS loader, Haiku loader
Sega Dreamcast
Compression formats:
gzip
compress
bzip2
Archive formats:
tar
cpio
bar
dump/restore
Description-md5: 5639866afdc7d68930e85a225f0d8c7a