How To Install libstonithd2 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstonithd2 on Debian 9. libstonithd2 is cluster resource manager STONITH daemon library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstonithd2 on Debian 9.

What is libstonithd2

libstonithd2 is:

At its core, Pacemaker is a distributed finite state machine capable of co-ordinating the startup and recovery of inter-related services across a set of machines.

Pacemaker understands many different resource types (OCF, SYSV, systemd) and can accurately model the relationships between them (colocation, ordering).

It can even use technology such as Docker to automatically isolate the resources managed by the cluster.

This package contains the STONITH daemon library.

There are three methods to install libstonithd2 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 libstonithd2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libstonithd2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libstonithd2

Install libstonithd2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libstonithd2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libstonithd2

Install libstonithd2 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 libstonithd2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libstonithd2

How To Uninstall libstonithd2 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libstonithd2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libstonithd2

Uninstall libstonithd2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libstonithd2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libstonithd2

Remove libstonithd2 Configurations and Data

To remove libstonithd2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libstonithd2

Remove libstonithd2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libstonithd2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libstonithd2

Dependencies

libstonithd2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libstonithd2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.