How to Install and Uninstall e2fsprogs Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: July 03,2024

1. Install "e2fsprogs" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install e2fsprogs on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                e2fsprogs
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "e2fsprogs" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall e2fsprogs on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                e2fsprogs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the e2fsprogs package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: e2fsprogs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.46.3-1ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: required
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Theodore Y. Ts'o
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1510
Pre-Depends: libblkid1 (>= 2.36), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libext2fs2 (= 1.46.3-1ubuntu3), libss2 (>= 1.38), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Depends: logsave
Recommends: e2fsprogs-l10n
Suggests: gpart, parted, fuse2fs, e2fsck-static
Filename: pool/main/e/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs_1.46.3-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 588044
MD5sum: 76bdec266cba5ef186df7cfb6309915a
SHA1: 62ef2bcd88c07dcd18eed9073db0ea4059bcc38c
SHA256: f53d3074d829b07a77ef763f0b7b35c6be14ba7b719e7b21fdebc26735777184
SHA512: 138d9e46955d6e53575fb39141fbf90c822960701305175b24ef64f1ae25951484ddec4d451b6627354238ddbd80e4d0eaa45e037ad94304cc27d02e25944a4a
Homepage: http://e2fsprogs.sourceforge.net
Description-en: ext2/ext3/ext4 file system utilities
The ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems are successors of the original ext
("extended") file system. They are the main file system types used for
hard disks on Debian and other Linux systems.
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This package contains programs for creating, checking, and maintaining
ext2/3/4-based file systems. It also includes the "badblocks" program,
which can be used to scan for bad blocks on a disk or other storage device.
Description-md5: 92d0fdf684262bbfa702eaea3f50b97e
Task: minimal
Important: yes