How To Install apfsprogs on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 367 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apfsprogs on Ubuntu.
What is apfsprogs
apfsprogs is:
This is a suite of userland software to work with the Apple File System on Linux. For now only mkfs and fsck tools are available, both functional but lacking in features. Compatibility with the Apple implementations has barely been tested; please exercise caution.
There are three methods to install apfsprogs on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install apfsprogs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apfsprogs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apfsprogs
Install apfsprogs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apfsprogs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apfsprogs
Install apfsprogs Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install apfsprogs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apfsprogs
How To Uninstall apfsprogs on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the apfsprogs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apfsprogs
Uninstall apfsprogs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apfsprogs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apfsprogs
Remove apfsprogs Configurations and Data
To remove apfsprogs configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apfsprogs
Remove apfsprogs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apfsprogs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apfsprogs
Dependencies
apfsprogs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apfsprogs package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.