How To Install genisovh on Debian 10

Learn how to install genisovh on Debian 10 with this tutorial. genisovh is Make CD-ROMs bootable for SGI MIPS machines

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install genisovh on Debian 10.

What is genisovh

genisovh is:

Genisovh creates a Disk Volume Header (dvh) on a CD image and records bootable images therein. This allows the SGI firmware to boot those images without needing knowledge about the filesystem on the CD image.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install genisovh

Install genisovh Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install genisovh

Install genisovh 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 genisovh using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install genisovh

How To Uninstall genisovh on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove genisovh

Uninstall genisovh And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove genisovh

Remove genisovh Configurations and Data

To remove genisovh configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge genisovh

Remove genisovh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge genisovh

Dependencies

genisovh have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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