How To Install bfh-base-system on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bfh-base-system on Debian 12.
What is bfh-base-system
bfh-base-system is:
Bern University of Applied Sciences (BFH) provides Debian-based images and systems to its users and everyone else interested in the form of a Debian Derrivative.
This package is a metapackage defining the package selection for the BFH Base System.
There are three methods to install bfh-base-system on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bfh-base-system Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bfh-base-system using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bfh-base-system
Install bfh-base-system Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bfh-base-system using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bfh-base-system
Install bfh-base-system 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install bfh-base-system using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bfh-base-system
How To Uninstall bfh-base-system on Debian 12
To uninstall only the bfh-base-system package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bfh-base-system
Uninstall bfh-base-system And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bfh-base-system and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bfh-base-system
Remove bfh-base-system Configurations and Data
To remove bfh-base-system configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bfh-base-system
Remove bfh-base-system configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bfh-base-system configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bfh-base-system
Dependencies
bfh-base-system have the following dependencies:
- task-ssh-server
- bash-completion
- powerline
- powerline-gitstatus
- apt-utils
- debconf-utils
- needrestart
- knot-dnsutils
- knot-dnssecutils
- knot-host
- sssd
- sssd-tools
- libnss-sss
- libpam-sss
- plzip
- tarlz
- zutils
- libpam-systemd
- systemd-oomd
- acl
- bc
- ca-certificates
- gawk
- git
- gnupg
- htop
- jq
- less
- lnav
- lsb-release
- lynx
- man-db
- mc
- mtr-tiny
- openssl
- psmisc
- python3
- ptpython
- rsync
- screen
- sudo
- tcpdump
- traceroute
- vim
- wget
- whois
- zstd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bfh-base-system package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
