How To Install vdmfec on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdmfec on Debian 9. vdmfec is recover lost blocks using Forward Error Correction

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vdmfec on Debian 9.

What is vdmfec

vdmfec is:

VDMFEC implements Block ECC using a Forward Error Correction (FEC) code based on Vandermonde (VDM) matrices in GF(2^8) due to Luigi Rizzo. Given the FEC parameters K and N, with N greater than K, N blocks are written for every K input blocks in such a way that any K blocks are sufficient to reconstruct the data. That is, up to N - K blocks out of every group of N blocks may be lost without loss of data. Its primary application is intended to be in recovering data from unreliable media such as diskettes.

There are three methods to install vdmfec 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 vdmfec Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vdmfec

Install vdmfec Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vdmfec using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vdmfec

Install vdmfec 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 vdmfec using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vdmfec

How To Uninstall vdmfec on Debian 9

To uninstall only the vdmfec package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vdmfec

Uninstall vdmfec And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdmfec

Remove vdmfec Configurations and Data

To remove vdmfec configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vdmfec

Remove vdmfec configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdmfec

Dependencies

vdmfec have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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