How To Install pxfw 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 pxfw on Ubuntu.
What is pxfw
pxfw is:
QPxTool gives you access to all available Quality Checks (Q-Checks) on written and blank media, that are available for your drive. This will help you to find the right media and the optimized writing speed for your hardware, which will increase the chance for a long data lifetime.
This package contains pxfw, a firmware flash program for Plextor optical drives.
There are three methods to install pxfw 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 pxfw Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pxfw using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pxfw
Install pxfw Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pxfw using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pxfw
Install pxfw 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 pxfw using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pxfw
How To Uninstall pxfw on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the pxfw package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pxfw
Uninstall pxfw And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pxfw and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pxfw
Remove pxfw Configurations and Data
To remove pxfw configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pxfw
Remove pxfw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pxfw configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pxfw
Dependencies
pxfw have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pxfw package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.