How To Install fcoe-utils on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcoe-utils on Debian 11. fcoe-utils is Fibre Channel over Ethernet utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcoe-utils on Debian 11.

What is fcoe-utils

fcoe-utils is:

This package allows users to use Fibre Channel over Ethernet. It contains: fcoeadm - command line tool for configuring FCoE interfaces fcoemon - service to configure DCB Ethernet QOS filters, works with dcbd

There are three methods to install fcoe-utils on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fcoe-utils Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fcoe-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fcoe-utils

Install fcoe-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fcoe-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fcoe-utils

Install fcoe-utils 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 fcoe-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fcoe-utils

How To Uninstall fcoe-utils on Debian 11

To uninstall only the fcoe-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fcoe-utils

Uninstall fcoe-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fcoe-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcoe-utils

Remove fcoe-utils Configurations and Data

To remove fcoe-utils configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fcoe-utils

Remove fcoe-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fcoe-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcoe-utils

Dependencies

fcoe-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fcoe-utils package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.