How To Install xenstore-utils on Debian 10

Learn how to install xenstore-utils on Debian 10 with this tutorial. xenstore-utils is Xenstore command line utilities for Xen

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xenstore-utils on Debian 10.

What is xenstore-utils

xenstore-utils is:

This package contains command line utilities for interacting with XenStore.

XenStore is a shared database used for interdomain communication of configuration and status information. It is accessible to all domains running on the same Xen host. See https://wiki.xen.org/wiki/XenStore for more information.

In the common case these tools are used by the Xen toolstack running in domain0 (or a driver domain) however they may also be used in a guest domain to support local scripting which wants to communicate via XenStore.

There are three methods to install xenstore-utils 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 xenstore-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xenstore-utils

Install xenstore-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xenstore-utils

Install xenstore-utils 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 xenstore-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xenstore-utils

How To Uninstall xenstore-utils on Debian 10

To uninstall only the xenstore-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xenstore-utils

Uninstall xenstore-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xenstore-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xenstore-utils

Remove xenstore-utils Configurations and Data

To remove xenstore-utils configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xenstore-utils

Remove xenstore-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xenstore-utils

Dependencies

xenstore-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xenstore-utils package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.