How To Install dosfstools on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dosfstools on Ubuntu.
What is dosfstools
dosfstools is:
The dosfstools package includes the mkfs.fat and fsck.fat utilities, which respectively make and check MS-DOS FAT filesystems.
There are three methods to install dosfstools 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 dosfstools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dosfstools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dosfstools
Install dosfstools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dosfstools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dosfstools
Install dosfstools 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 dosfstools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dosfstools
How To Uninstall dosfstools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the dosfstools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dosfstools
Uninstall dosfstools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dosfstools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dosfstools
Remove dosfstools Configurations and Data
To remove dosfstools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dosfstools
Remove dosfstools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dosfstools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dosfstools
Dependencies
dosfstools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dosfstools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.