How to Install and Uninstall mtp-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "mtp-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to install mtp-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mtp-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mtp-tools" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall mtp-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: mtp-tools
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 266
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Alessio Treglia
Architecture: amd64
Source: libmtp
Version: 1.1.10-2ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libmtp9 (>= 1.1.0)
Filename: pool/universe/libm/libmtp/mtp-tools_1.1.10-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 33336
MD5sum: d1f1d4cd302bf9659893d6633ad265dc
SHA1: c381e12681c549967339a5472a898834f2d513b3
SHA256: c8d22a83b36df8d4c62f269a04709dd8565424551c057867e1b9bea5073910f7
Description-en: Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) library tools
libmtp is a library for communicating with MTP aware devices in POSIX
compliant operating systems. It implements MTP Basic, the subset
proposed for standardization.
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The Media Transfer Protocol (commonly referred to as MTP) is a devised
set of custom extensions to support the transfer of music files on
USB digital audio players and movie files on USB portable media players.
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This package contains tools for communicating with MTP devices.
Description-md5: b21df6970cd0c308c870019c053e3080
Enhances: libmtp9
Homepage: http://libmtp.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu