How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs on Debian 11.
What is libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs is:
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The library aims at providing a long term stable C API for different virtualization mechanisms. It currently supports QEMU, KVM, XEN, OpenVZ, LXC, and VirtualBox.
This package contains the libvirtd storage driver for ZFS.
There are three methods to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs
How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs
Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs
Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs Configurations and Data
To remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs
Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs
Dependencies
libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
