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

Last updated: June 29,2024

1. Install "fdutils" package

Learn how to install fdutils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall fdutils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: fdutils
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 826
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Matteo Cypriani
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.5-20060227-7
Replaces: manpages (<< 1.11-3), miscutils
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info, debianutils (>= 1.7)
Recommends: mtools (>= 3.8-1)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fdutils/fdutils_5.5-20060227-7_amd64.deb
Size: 319272
MD5sum: 9787f26cab7b9aecf0f39995e49d4e67
SHA1: 3fd4fd2a3693480da7a99c7725ae5a1e0de0dffc
SHA256: 9e36c481ac370978907d293598d71ae0a1f225cf636a005cd070517211f29ac9
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
Homepage: http://fdutils.linux.lu/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu