How To Install libguestfs-rsync on Debian 10

Learn how to install libguestfs-rsync on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libguestfs-rsync is guest disk image management system - rsync support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-rsync on Debian 10.

What is libguestfs-rsync

libguestfs-rsync is:

The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk images.

This package contains appliance fragments for using rsync to/from guest filesystems.

There are three methods to install libguestfs-rsync on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libguestfs-rsync Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libguestfs-rsync

Install libguestfs-rsync Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libguestfs-rsync

Install libguestfs-rsync 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 libguestfs-rsync using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libguestfs-rsync

How To Uninstall libguestfs-rsync on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libguestfs-rsync package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libguestfs-rsync

Uninstall libguestfs-rsync And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libguestfs-rsync and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libguestfs-rsync

Remove libguestfs-rsync Configurations and Data

To remove libguestfs-rsync configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libguestfs-rsync

Remove libguestfs-rsync configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libguestfs-rsync

Dependencies

libguestfs-rsync have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-rsync package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.