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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "floppyd" package

This is a short guide on how to install floppyd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall floppyd on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: floppyd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.0.33-1+really4.0.32-1
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: 69
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libx11-6, libxau6 (>= 1:1.0.9)
Suggests: mtools
Filename: pool/universe/m/mtools/floppyd_4.0.33-1+really4.0.32-1_amd64.deb
Size: 19192
MD5sum: 9ac9ff692ed0676e088b893898c96d65
SHA1: cc0c0b46385374876ec0fa79947a7da7964c4933
SHA256: 32153e3900fd724fb23c75d7fd2f15e138c7ff0af72c0eaf6428c945342f1514
SHA512: 649bfeaaf47cd0a8cc8993c7f5fc111f986bb26c3e946fc46c90bd6d8857aedbc52cbf4a47ed60ffa5b4632afde4376d2123205189f252f4d9ce3b5cdf58e297
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