How To Install libnutscan2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libnutscan2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libnutscan2 is network UPS tools - scanner library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnutscan2 on Debian 12.

What is libnutscan2

libnutscan2 is:

Network UPS Tools (NUT) is a client/server monitoring system that allows computers to share uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and power distribution unit (PDU) hardware. Clients access the hardware through the server, and are notified whenever the power status changes.

This package provides the shared scanner library.

There are three methods to install libnutscan2 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 libnutscan2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnutscan2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnutscan2

Install libnutscan2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnutscan2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnutscan2

Install libnutscan2 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 libnutscan2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnutscan2

How To Uninstall libnutscan2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libnutscan2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnutscan2

Uninstall libnutscan2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnutscan2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnutscan2

Remove libnutscan2 Configurations and Data

To remove libnutscan2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnutscan2

Remove libnutscan2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnutscan2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnutscan2

Dependencies

libnutscan2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnutscan2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.