How To Install dpm on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpm on Debian 10.
What is dpm
dpm is:
The LCG Disk Pool Manager (DPM) creates a storage element from a set of disks. It provides several interfaces for storing and retrieving data such as RFIO and SRM version 1, version 2 and version 2.2. This package provides the command line interfaces for the DPM.
There are three methods to install dpm 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 dpm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dpm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dpm
Install dpm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dpm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dpm
Install dpm 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 dpm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dpm
How To Uninstall dpm on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dpm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dpm
Uninstall dpm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dpm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dpm
Remove dpm Configurations and Data
To remove dpm configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dpm
Remove dpm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dpm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dpm
Dependencies
dpm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dpm package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
