How To Install guestmount on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install guestmount on Debian 12.
What is guestmount
guestmount is:
The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk images.
This package contains the guestmount and guestunmount programs for mounting virtual machine filesystems and other disk images on the host.
There are three methods to install guestmount 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 guestmount Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install guestmount using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install guestmount
Install guestmount Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install guestmount using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install guestmount
Install guestmount 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 guestmount using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install guestmount
How To Uninstall guestmount on Debian 12
To uninstall only the guestmount package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove guestmount
Uninstall guestmount And Its Dependencies
To uninstall guestmount and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove guestmount
Remove guestmount Configurations and Data
To remove guestmount configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge guestmount
Remove guestmount configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove guestmount configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guestmount
Dependencies
guestmount have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install guestmount package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
