How to Install and Uninstall disktype Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "disktype" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install disktype on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall disktype on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                disktype
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the disktype package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: disktype
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 130
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho
Architecture: amd64
Version: 9-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/universe/d/disktype/disktype_9-3_amd64.deb
Size: 38696
MD5sum: 5f63dcb5bfb39aeb854d0312c1b08e82
SHA1: b3015a28a08e5baab635ebd055ca5cdb4f9e47bc
SHA256: 99d90cfc2442c6e1fb30a3a4abcaed635351f2b9b2cd07b1f224ee123d458f4c
Description-en: detection of content format of a disk or disk image
The purpose of disktype is to detect the content format of a disk or
disk image. It knows about common file systems, partition tables and
boot codes. This software can be used for forensics analysis.
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As of version 9, disktype knows about the following formats:
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File systems:
FAT12/FAT16/FAT32
NTFS
HPFS
MFS, HFS, HFS Plus
ISO9660 (incl. Joliet, El Torito)
UDF
ext2/ext3
ext4 (patch from upstream CVS)
btrfs (patch from upstream CVS)
Minix
ReiserFS
Reiser4
Linux romfs
Linux cramfs
Linux squashfs
UFS (some variations)
SysV FS (some variations)
JFS
XFS
Amiga FS/FFS
Amiga SFS
Amiga PFS
BeOS BFS
QNX4 FS
3DO CD-ROM FS
Veritas VxFS
Xbox DVD file system
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Partitioning:
DOS/PC style
EFI GPT
Apple
Amiga "Rigid Disk"
ATARI ST (AHDI3)
BSD disklabel
Linux RAID physical disks
Linux LVM1 physical volumes
Linux LVM2 physical volumes
Solaris SPARC disklabel
Solaris x86 disklabel (vtoc)
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Other structures:
Debian split floppy header
Linux swap
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Disk images:
Raw CD image (.bin)
Virtual PC hard disk image
Apple UDIF disk image (limited)
Linux cloop (limited)
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Boot loaders:
LILO
GRUB
SYSLINUX
ISOLINUX
Linux kernel
FreeBSD loader
Windows/MS-DOS loader
BeOS loader, Haiku loader
Sega Dreamcast
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Compression formats:
gzip
compress
bzip2
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Archive formats:
tar
cpio
bar
dump/restore
Description-md5: fb0f6ced6b9c37f7c43a3469d8de3f91
Homepage: http://disktype.sf.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu