How to Install and Uninstall dosfstools Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "dosfstools" package

This tutorial shows how to install dosfstools on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall dosfstools on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: dosfstools
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.2-1build2
Priority: standard
Section: otherosfs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Bombe
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 245
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Filename: pool/main/d/dosfstools/dosfstools_4.2-1build2_amd64.deb
Size: 88254
MD5sum: c1ce6370a55e3bffccbb5c0fa20579dd
SHA1: 7194c18eda9259ede50506e3adacffe46f9f0bec
SHA256: e22e301c80f76f4a65582a2c8874a07ac78df97cb0301067cb1548c5ac3eeb2b
SHA512: bdb5163c26b79fa2a4a08c46ae73434fd088d5354bbfa8ec8779285ae0dc75fc116a0301cc8554ff257bbd446261fbb339efac4d9847c8e8ef1d3286d5171157
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