How To Install libmodulemd-tools on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmodulemd-tools on Debian 11. libmodulemd-tools is C Library for handling module metadata files - utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmodulemd-tools on Debian 11.

What is libmodulemd-tools

libmodulemd-tools is:

The libmodulemd API provides an interface for handling metadata files describing the modular repositories introduced in the Fedora project and RedHat Enterprise Linux.

This package contains the command-line utilities.

There are three methods to install libmodulemd-tools 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 libmodulemd-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmodulemd-tools

Install libmodulemd-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmodulemd-tools

Install libmodulemd-tools 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 libmodulemd-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmodulemd-tools

How To Uninstall libmodulemd-tools on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libmodulemd-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmodulemd-tools

Uninstall libmodulemd-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmodulemd-tools

Remove libmodulemd-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmodulemd-tools

Remove libmodulemd-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmodulemd-tools

Dependencies

libmodulemd-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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