How To Install floppyd on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install floppyd on Debian 10.
What is floppyd
floppyd is:
Floppyd is used as a server to grant access to the floppy drive to clients running on a remote machine, just as an X server grants access to the display to remote clients.
There are three methods to install floppyd 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 floppyd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install floppyd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install floppyd
Install floppyd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install floppyd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install floppyd
Install floppyd 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 floppyd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install floppyd
How To Uninstall floppyd on Debian 10
To uninstall only the floppyd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove floppyd
Uninstall floppyd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall floppyd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove floppyd
Remove floppyd Configurations and Data
To remove floppyd configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge floppyd
Remove floppyd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove floppyd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge floppyd
Dependencies
floppyd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install floppyd package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
