How To Install kiwi-dracut-lib on Debian 12

Learn how to install kiwi-dracut-lib on Debian 12 with this tutorial. kiwi-dracut-lib is KIWI - Dracut kiwi Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kiwi-dracut-lib on Debian 12.

What is kiwi-dracut-lib

kiwi-dracut-lib is:

This package contains a collection of methods to provide a library for tasks done in other kiwi dracut modules.

There are three methods to install kiwi-dracut-lib 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 kiwi-dracut-lib Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kiwi-dracut-lib using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kiwi-dracut-lib

Install kiwi-dracut-lib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kiwi-dracut-lib using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kiwi-dracut-lib

Install kiwi-dracut-lib 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 kiwi-dracut-lib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kiwi-dracut-lib

How To Uninstall kiwi-dracut-lib on Debian 12

To uninstall only the kiwi-dracut-lib package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kiwi-dracut-lib

Uninstall kiwi-dracut-lib And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kiwi-dracut-lib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kiwi-dracut-lib

Remove kiwi-dracut-lib Configurations and Data

To remove kiwi-dracut-lib configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kiwi-dracut-lib

Remove kiwi-dracut-lib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kiwi-dracut-lib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kiwi-dracut-lib

Dependencies

kiwi-dracut-lib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kiwi-dracut-lib package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.