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

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "fdutils" package

This tutorial shows how to install fdutils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall fdutils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: fdutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.5-20060227-8
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matteo Cypriani
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 872
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info, debianutils (>= 1.7)
Recommends: mtools (>= 3.8-1)
Replaces: manpages (<< 1.11-3), miscutils
Filename: pool/universe/f/fdutils/fdutils_5.5-20060227-8_amd64.deb
Size: 325644
MD5sum: e518f2c6064cc02aa93268a384e35ce1
SHA1: 15c4354aa3f65155779b0070723db177f086d798
SHA256: 7294146a0820e49b9fa574227f4de327617e4e5a5291ada88a4d34d16e784c5d
SHA512: cb7acde1c3825d9ca17388d0ae31801586711fbbdef76d13abb3d8bb87dccf2fb307f1f1362e0e657e70c904b6194f03cd16e2f249678d53658aacb91ed1e095
Homepage: https://fdutils.linux.lu/
Description-en: Linux floppy utilities
This package contains utilities for formatting extra capacity
disks, automatic floppy disk mounting and unmounting, etc.
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The package includes the following items:
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- superformat: formats high capacity disks (up to 1992k
for high density disks or up to 3984k for extra density
disks);
- fdmount: automatically mounts/unmounts disks when they are
inserted/removed;
- xdfcopy: formats, reads and writes OS/2's XDF disks;
- MAKEFLOPPIES: creates the floppy devices in /dev;
- getfdprm: prints the current disk geometry (number of
sectors, track and heads etc.);
- setfdprm: sets the current disk geometry;
- fdrawcmd: sends raw commands to the floppy driver;
- floppycontrol: configures the floppy driver;
- general documentation about the floppy driver.
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Note that these utilities do not work for USB floppy drives, because
these do not allow direct access to the floppy controller.
Description-md5: e2b723712d21225aa16f5415960c53bb