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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "makebootfat" package

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


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

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


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

Package: makebootfat
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 108
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Soeren Sonnenburg
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.4-5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Recommends: syslinux-common, loadlin
Filename: pool/universe/m/makebootfat/makebootfat_1.4-5_amd64.deb
Size: 24520
MD5sum: 1c7ab15760957267cea8a2030467bfe9
SHA1: d83ca3fb8d03007490bed756b082cae9b56e4265
SHA256: 9a9454f8835456225c03d80cd17c19e3934f83a1ac46c9d8e8716aab07b2953c
Description-en: Utility to create a bootable FAT filesystem
Makebootfat is a command line utility able to create bootable USB disks
using the FAT filesystem and syslinux.
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Makebootfat is the most advanced tool available able to make bootable
USB disks. It is able to autodetect/partition/format/populate the USB
disk in a single step without any user interaction. It's also able to
create disk images which are compatible with all the three standards
USB-FDD, USB-HDD and USB-ZIP at the same time.
Description-md5: 30f02e000684ffe5669efe30543ce9dd
Homepage: http://advancemame.sourceforge.net/boot-readme.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu