How to Install hfsprogs software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install hfsprogs software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

hfsprogs software package provides mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install hfsprogs 

hfsprogs is installed in your system.

Make ensure the hfsprogs package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hfsprogs *

You will get with hfsprogs package name, version, architecture and description in a table

hfsprogs package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Other OSs and file systems
Package hfsprogs
Version 332.25-11
Description mkfs and fsck for HFS and HFS+ file systems
Sub Section otherosfs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove hfsprogs software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?