How to Install dosfstools software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install dosfstools software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

dosfstools software package provides utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install dosfstools 

dosfstools is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep dosfstools *

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

dosfstools package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Other OSs and file systems
Package dosfstools
Version 3.0.28-2ubuntu0.1 [amd64, i386
Description utilities for making and checking MS-DOS FAT filesystems
Sub Section otherosfs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove dosfstools software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?