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

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "fdutils" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install fdutils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall fdutils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: fdutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.6-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matteo Cypriani
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 869
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), 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_5.6-2_amd64.deb
Size: 324536
MD5sum: 289612fb209ba1f87205408b29265b76
SHA1: 9530eb42b2e7ecb3229c159a93ca17d791ae5bba
SHA256: 3f34ab896cbbcff9f0232f9023b74b2fc4fe9b75347549dab112c70d79b166b7
SHA512: 97a91a748646774c61aa81ff5682fc7cf3bc9641ebb5774760efcc9dcae83a71b8c79b614bfdefbea2094d58e57ef57c411d4628b7990fd15bbca0e94755ac45
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