Installing hfsprogs on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS
Example of installing hfsprogs on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS using the command sudo apt-get install hfsprogs.
Quick installation of hfsprogs:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: hfsprogs
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install hfsprogs
Package Details | |
| Package: | hfsprogs |
| Version: | 332.25-11 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/10.4/ |
| Description: | mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems The HFS+ file system used by Apple Computer for their Mac OS is supported by the Linux kernel. Apple provides mkfs and fsck for HFS+ with the Unix core of their operating system, Darwin. . This package is a port of Apple's tools for HFS+ filesystems. . For users, HFS+ seems to be a good compromise to carry files between MacOS X and Linux Machines, as HFS+ doesn't suffer the problems of FAT32 like: . * huge space waste (in slack space as devices grow faster); * ability to create files that are more than 4GB in size (especially good for those working with multimedia and that need to carry large ISO files); * ability to use case preserving (and even sensitivity!); * ability to use uid's and gid's on the filesystem. . Users in general can enjoy such benefits since it is expected to have more HFS+ filesystems in use, as Apple has announced Macintoshes for ix86-64, besides the filesystem being already supported by PowerPC systems since the beginning. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 17.04 |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/otherosfs |
How to install hfsprogs on Ubuntu 17.04?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 17.04 on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If hfsprogs is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L hfsprogs' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L hfsprogs dpkg-query: package 'hfsprogs' is not installed Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing hfsprogs:
After system update use the following command to install hfsprogs:
sudo apt-get install hfsprogs
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 17.04 Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove hfsprogs from Ubuntu 17.04?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the hfsprogs from Ubuntu 17.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the hfsprogs following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove hfsprogs
Following command is used to remove the hfsprogs package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove hfsprogs
This will remove hfsprogs and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing hfsprogs with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge hfsprogs
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove hfsprogs
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with hfsprogs package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.