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

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "dosfstools" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install dosfstools on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall dosfstools on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: dosfstools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.1-2build1
Priority: standard
Section: otherosfs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Bombe
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 227
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libudev1 (>= 183)
Filename: pool/main/d/dosfstools/dosfstools_4.1-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 58408
MD5sum: 51172761369e1c806f0a2ced76b99851
SHA1: b4650663da8fbe3bfb5339628f316d9c93edbe4e
SHA256: cce5c0a5fc214e640a85000a8e2acfa72f27d1ae1a66d86d48f71f68c30fe85c
SHA512: 54835f777ffadf1933794a659c280d0f7401a9dbdaf65f71f4ba60bdae16128a92da9cbc06843db9b2c964ccca9391de02f41e16f5bc3ba78742f03cee35821d
Homepage: https://github.com/dosfstools/dosfstools
Description-en: utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems
The dosfstools package includes the mkfs.fat and fsck.fat utilities, which
respectively make and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems.
Description-md5: 6e6f1615505926a1cde788227bb8c0b5
Task: standard