How to Install and Uninstall f3 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "f3" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install f3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                f3
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "f3" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall f3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                f3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the f3 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: f3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 162
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.0-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.8), libparted2 (>= 3.1), libudev1 (>= 183)
Filename: pool/universe/f/f3/f3_6.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 42368
MD5sum: 220817cef1f50a39d4cc10d2b210ba99
SHA1: b33c0700dea568d4827351b4a4fb2417544c20c6
SHA256: 6b5012cd3d6218748f6608280792477efe7ad0495d61a6ef57968d416ea1f5c2
Description-en: test real flash memory capacity
F3 (Fight Flash Fraud or Fight Fake Flash) tests the full capacity of a
flash card (flash drive, flash disk, pendrive).
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F3 writes to the card and then checks if can read it. It will assure you
have not been bought a card with a smaller capacity than stated. Note that
the main goal of F3 is not to fix your removable media. However, there
are resources to mark the invalid areas.
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This package provides these executables: f3write, f3read, f3brew, f3fix
and f3probe.
Description-md5: cf32b7f354885dba4a32127ec3a59bdb
Homepage: http://oss.digirati.com.br/f3
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu