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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "floppyd" package

Please follow the steps below to install floppyd on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall floppyd on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


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

Package: floppyd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.0.26-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/otherosfs
Source: mtools
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Chris Lamb
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 77
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libx11-6, libxau6
Suggests: mtools
Filename: pool/universe/m/mtools/floppyd_4.0.26-1_amd64.deb
Size: 21924
MD5sum: f18447c236c516cb29e1afa28c202768
SHA1: f43abf8d5b4b33e091ceb56ac56c61b5800d4fe4
SHA256: f88fc03afcb74af0ed4a432eba0176b9f178cc70c64c5e6c2a4821b7dd4ef39e
SHA512: 24776c19887b8b2dbc7a8b4780ae5eb6086c8458b8a9408aff24bb0fe36b9cb86ce67d13c339a002499c9eb584176052f742e69a63964a00474e69c38e7a2fbb
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/
Description-en: Daemon for remote access to floppy drives
Floppyd is used as a server to grant access to the floppy drive to clients
running on a remote machine, just as an X server grants access to the display
to remote clients.
Description-md5: f60e3cff71356b58d676dbb4c9155a5c