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

Last updated: November 27,2024

1. Install "rofs" package

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


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

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


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

Package: rofs
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 53
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Chris AtLee
Architecture: amd64
Source: rofs-fuse
Version: 2006.11.28-2.1ubuntu1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libfuse2 (>= 2.8.1), fuse
Filename: pool/universe/r/rofs-fuse/rofs_2006.11.28-2.1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 6350
MD5sum: f7e372d0ab0a7468bdda8371b39f0e3d
SHA1: 076119352c7ca492109b58d5438b3f4e6809865b
SHA256: 6df4910b4c6c39f34dcba46b3f179b81b0f6a5edd6100178492165ba695d6288
Description-en: Read-Only Filesystem for FUSE
rofs is a read-only filesystem that allows you to create a read-only
mountpoint of a read-write directory on your system.
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Homepage: http://mattwork.potsdam.edu/projects/wiki/index.php/Rofs
Description-md5: 4fac3facb5561703a6a75cc062cd2a5f
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu