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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "hfsprogs" package

Please follow the guidance below to install hfsprogs on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Learn how to uninstall hfsprogs on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: hfsprogs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 540.1.linux3-4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/otherosfs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 399
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0)
Filename: pool/universe/h/hfsprogs/hfsprogs_540.1.linux3-4_amd64.deb
Size: 154612
MD5sum: 0923779a2491de5e005552108a3d562d
SHA1: 173881ce4d13c25efe11d1f2073d96f34a817197
SHA256: 7a9cd99d5b266ffa0b5f12f00b4038e552c183b96ca99de7f37cb8f743b414ef
SHA512: 5df2567b99bbd887b8f49aa19943b31938f3aa10bf7d71369516121dcf3be06b7ec8a119829e92fd09ea65bdc78a683a13d828b360810e0517addf5b84efbe23
Homepage: https://opensource.apple.com/source/diskdev_cmds/
Description-en: mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems
The HFS+ file system used by Apple Computer for their Mac OS is
supported by the Linux kernel. Apple provides mkfs and fsck for
HFS+ with the Unix core of their operating system, Darwin.
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This package is a port of Apple's tools for HFS+ filesystems.
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For users, HFS+ seems to be a good compromise to carry files between
MacOS X and Linux Machines, as HFS+ doesn't suffer the problems of
FAT32 like:
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* huge space waste (in slack space as devices grow faster);
* ability to create files that are more than 4GB in size (especially
good for those working with multimedia and that need to carry large
ISO files);
* ability to use case preserving (and even sensitivity!);
* ability to use uid's and gid's on the filesystem.
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Users in general can enjoy such benefits since it is expected to have
more HFS+ filesystems in use, as Apple has announced Macintoshes for
ix86-64, besides the filesystem being already supported by PowerPC
systems since the beginning.
Description-md5: 2227b7676c8238af395d98e3c4d3e103