How to Install and Uninstall disktype Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "disktype" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install disktype on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall disktype on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                disktype
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the disktype package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: disktype
Architecture: amd64
Version: 9-11
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: 108
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28)
Filename: pool/universe/d/disktype/disktype_9-11_amd64.deb
Size: 40628
MD5sum: 1a3452a0d2dbfc715f7e3f31745a7d0f
SHA1: 8e7fcfcce4441c61962ae734b01be0873a0ca5db
SHA256: 6b3f552e990e72ed238b6d814211456fcf2055c1ccad60fea4e6aaa1601a4f0a
SHA512: 8e89838c1fe0338a41bf27c1d22c5beb309603520b220482acc7bb227eb53f41b4b1103de3c92d36492e2d479a5b8238cc4d516c1687e118ad70a42e53fec2ae
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/exFAT
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
F2FS
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: 8adf101e36841c971c90e07cd63f596e