How To Install uml-utilities on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install uml-utilities on Debian 9. uml-utilities is User-mode Linux (utility programs)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install uml-utilities on Debian 9.

What is uml-utilities

uml-utilities is:

User-mode Linux is a port of the Linux kernel to its own system call interface. It provides a kind of virtual machine, which runs Linux as a user process under another Linux kernel. This is useful for kernel development, sandboxing, jailing, experimentation, and many other things.

This package contains userspace utilities for use with User-mode Linux, including uml_mconsole, uml_moo, uml_switch, uml_net and tunctl.

There are three methods to install uml-utilities 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 uml-utilities Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install uml-utilities using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install uml-utilities

Install uml-utilities Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install uml-utilities using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install uml-utilities

Install uml-utilities 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 uml-utilities using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install uml-utilities

How To Uninstall uml-utilities on Debian 9

To uninstall only the uml-utilities package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove uml-utilities

Uninstall uml-utilities And Its Dependencies

To uninstall uml-utilities and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove uml-utilities

Remove uml-utilities Configurations and Data

To remove uml-utilities configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge uml-utilities

Remove uml-utilities configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove uml-utilities configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uml-utilities

Dependencies

uml-utilities have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install uml-utilities package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.