How To Install udisks2-vdo on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install udisks2-vdo
on Debian 10.
What is udisks2-vdo
udisks2-vdo is:
The udisks daemon serves as an interface to system block devices, implemented via D-Bus. It handles operations such as querying, mounting, unmounting, formatting, or detaching storage devices such as hard disks or USB thumb drives.
This package provides support for Virtual Data Optimizer (VDO) configuration.
There are three methods to install udisks2-vdo
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install udisks2-vdo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install udisks2-vdo
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install udisks2-vdo
Install udisks2-vdo Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install udisks2-vdo
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install udisks2-vdo
Install udisks2-vdo 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 udisks2-vdo
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install udisks2-vdo
How To Uninstall udisks2-vdo on Debian 10
To uninstall only the udisks2-vdo
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove udisks2-vdo
Uninstall udisks2-vdo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall udisks2-vdo
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove udisks2-vdo
Remove udisks2-vdo Configurations and Data
To remove udisks2-vdo
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge udisks2-vdo
Remove udisks2-vdo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove udisks2-vdo
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge udisks2-vdo
Dependencies
udisks2-vdo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install udisks2-vdo
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.