How To Install mintstick on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mintstick on Debian 12.
What is mintstick
mintstick is:
GUI tool to write .img or .iso files to a USB Key. It can also format them.
This software is developed by Linux Mint.
There are three methods to install mintstick 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 mintstick Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mintstick using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mintstick
Install mintstick Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mintstick using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mintstick
Install mintstick 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 mintstick using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mintstick
How To Uninstall mintstick on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mintstick package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mintstick
Uninstall mintstick And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mintstick and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mintstick
Remove mintstick Configurations and Data
To remove mintstick configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mintstick
Remove mintstick configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mintstick configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mintstick
Dependencies
mintstick have the following dependencies:
- gir1.2-glib-2.0
- gir1.2-gtk-3.0
- gir1.2-polkit-1.0
- ntfs-3g
- parted
- pkexec
- procps
- python3
- python3-gi
- python3-gnupg
- python3-parted
- genisoimage
- gir1.2-udisks-2.0
- gir1.2-xapp-1.0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mintstick package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
