How To Install plainbox-provider-checkbox on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plainbox-provider-checkbox
on Debian 9.
What is plainbox-provider-checkbox
plainbox-provider-checkbox is:
This package provides the CheckBox jobs collection, i.e the hardware test definitions and scripts originally included with CheckBox. It is used together alongside with PlainBox.
Jobs are smallest units of testing that can be performed by PlainBox. All jobs have an unique name. There are many types of jobs, some are fully automated others are fully manual.
There are three methods to install plainbox-provider-checkbox
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 plainbox-provider-checkbox Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plainbox-provider-checkbox
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plainbox-provider-checkbox
Install plainbox-provider-checkbox Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plainbox-provider-checkbox
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plainbox-provider-checkbox
Install plainbox-provider-checkbox 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 plainbox-provider-checkbox
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plainbox-provider-checkbox
How To Uninstall plainbox-provider-checkbox on Debian 9
To uninstall only the plainbox-provider-checkbox
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plainbox-provider-checkbox
Uninstall plainbox-provider-checkbox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plainbox-provider-checkbox
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plainbox-provider-checkbox
Remove plainbox-provider-checkbox Configurations and Data
To remove plainbox-provider-checkbox
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plainbox-provider-checkbox
Remove plainbox-provider-checkbox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plainbox-provider-checkbox
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plainbox-provider-checkbox
Dependencies
plainbox-provider-checkbox have the following dependencies:
- plainbox-provider-resource-generic
- python3
- python3-checkbox-support
- lshw
- kmod
- python3-debian
- python3-guacamole
- libc6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plainbox-provider-checkbox
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.