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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "floppyd" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install floppyd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall floppyd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: floppyd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.0.18-2ubuntu0.16.04
Priority: extra
Section: universe/otherosfs
Source: mtools
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 63
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libx11-6, libxau6
Suggests: mtools
Replaces: mtools (<< 3.9.7)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mtools/floppyd_4.0.18-2ubuntu0.16.04_amd64.deb
Size: 20402
MD5sum: f988b933fc8364b42f7f61cff537230d
SHA1: 8a7580fbdce40ae5bf06d7d2d472c058d6ea8f15
SHA256: a4b9a592ccd807bc6723def9f8436652798897493ab149b6657f0d66d40fb8e7
SHA512: e51c7bdaa29d2b42b1f99ff54fc67ef6d6f509fa195f07c3ba22b4805b823ddf17c9529b47e4ccec4e563f982af3ec40fc4a876c26406018cea9a2489fc08ec8
Homepage: http://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: 9f02c9f7fbbf410c6ec431c45b8f855b

Package: floppyd
Priority: extra
Section: universe/otherosfs
Installed-Size: 86
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Source: mtools
Version: 4.0.18-2
Replaces: mtools (<< 3.9.7)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libx11-6, libxau6
Suggests: mtools
Filename: pool/universe/m/mtools/floppyd_4.0.18-2_amd64.deb
Size: 20440
MD5sum: 2c94ef0b8477e6db455b608866fc248b
SHA1: df18f619fe163c82b5265a7779c8a99ead0503c0
SHA256: 6dfb6770043af812629583038b7697b313bdbfd9f05051085748d66188b1b88f
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: 9f02c9f7fbbf410c6ec431c45b8f855b
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu