How to Install and Uninstall gnu-fdisk Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "gnu-fdisk" package

This is a short guide on how to install gnu-fdisk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gnu-fdisk
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gnu-fdisk" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall gnu-fdisk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: gnu-fdisk
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 247
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Parted Maintainer Team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.3.0a-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.11), libncurses5 (>= 6), libparted2 (>= 3.1), libreadline6 (>= 6.0), libtinfo5 (>= 6), dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Filename: pool/universe/g/gnu-fdisk/gnu-fdisk_1.3.0a-2_amd64.deb
Size: 89464
MD5sum: 1b50a9f50e1fe27d0432fe9e365e22de
SHA1: 66533a01b1c5f192718cf2e3a2df6600489bff6d
SHA256: bddb12c87e5b2b9329e2abf2aa277f3cc97c9610d02cc69434ffe102f3cf2f95
Description-en: Linux fdisk replacement based on libparted
GNU fdisk is a replacement to the old Linux fdisk. It provides the same
features as the original fdisk provides plus some interesting ones like:
* partition resizing
* creating filesystem on newly created partitions
* partition integrity checking
* copying/moving partition
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GNU fdisk also intends to be a valid replacement for mac-fdisk and FreeBSD
fdisk.
Description-md5: 5016468914d9ff5262341fd0c98d119b
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/fdisk/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu