How To Install linux-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-tools on Debian 9.
What is linux-tools
linux-tools is:
This is a dummy transitional package. It can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install linux-tools 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 linux-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 linux-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install linux-tools
Install linux-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install linux-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install linux-tools
Install linux-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 linux-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install linux-tools
How To Uninstall linux-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the linux-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove linux-tools
Uninstall linux-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall linux-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove linux-tools
Remove linux-tools Configurations and Data
To remove linux-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge linux-tools
Remove linux-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove linux-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linux-tools
Dependencies
linux-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install linux-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
