How To Install kernel-patch-scripts on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-patch-scripts on Debian 9.
What is kernel-patch-scripts
kernel-patch-scripts is:
This package contains scripts useful to people making use of the various kernel-patch packages. It currently contains:
- lskpatches: a tool that lists installed patches, and gives useful information about them.
There are three methods to install kernel-patch-scripts on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kernel-patch-scripts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kernel-patch-scripts using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kernel-patch-scripts
Install kernel-patch-scripts Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kernel-patch-scripts using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kernel-patch-scripts
Install kernel-patch-scripts 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 kernel-patch-scripts using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kernel-patch-scripts
How To Uninstall kernel-patch-scripts on Debian 9
To uninstall only the kernel-patch-scripts package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kernel-patch-scripts
Uninstall kernel-patch-scripts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kernel-patch-scripts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kernel-patch-scripts
Remove kernel-patch-scripts Configurations and Data
To remove kernel-patch-scripts configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kernel-patch-scripts
Remove kernel-patch-scripts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kernel-patch-scripts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kernel-patch-scripts
Dependencies
kernel-patch-scripts have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kernel-patch-scripts package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
