How To Install libisofs6 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 397 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libisofs6 on Ubuntu.
What is libisofs6
libisofs6 is:
libisofs creates ISO 9660 (aka ECMA-119) filesystem images which can either be written to POSIX file objects or handed over to libburn for being written directly to optical media. It can read metadata of ISO 9660 filesystems, manipulate them, and use them to produce new complete filesystem images or add-on images to be appended to the read filesystem image. Supported extensions to ISO 9660 are Rock Ridge, Joliet, AAIP, zisofs.
There are three methods to install libisofs6 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 libisofs6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libisofs6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libisofs6
Install libisofs6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libisofs6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libisofs6
Install libisofs6 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 libisofs6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libisofs6
How To Uninstall libisofs6 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libisofs6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libisofs6
Uninstall libisofs6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libisofs6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libisofs6
Remove libisofs6 Configurations and Data
To remove libisofs6 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libisofs6
Remove libisofs6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libisofs6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libisofs6
Dependencies
libisofs6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libisofs6 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.