How To Install oci-image-tool on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install oci-image-tool on Debian 11.
What is oci-image-tool
oci-image-tool is:
oci-image-tool is a collection of tools for working with the OCI image format specification (https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec).
There are three methods to install oci-image-tool 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 oci-image-tool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install oci-image-tool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install oci-image-tool
Install oci-image-tool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install oci-image-tool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install oci-image-tool
Install oci-image-tool 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 oci-image-tool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install oci-image-tool
How To Uninstall oci-image-tool on Debian 11
To uninstall only the oci-image-tool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove oci-image-tool
Uninstall oci-image-tool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall oci-image-tool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove oci-image-tool
Remove oci-image-tool Configurations and Data
To remove oci-image-tool configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge oci-image-tool
Remove oci-image-tool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove oci-image-tool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oci-image-tool
Dependencies
oci-image-tool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install oci-image-tool package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
