How To Install luksmeta on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install luksmeta on Debian 10.
What is luksmeta
luksmeta is:
This package provides luksmeta program to access metadata in a LUKSv1 header using libluksmeta.
There are three methods to install luksmeta 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 luksmeta Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install luksmeta using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install luksmeta
Install luksmeta Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install luksmeta using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install luksmeta
Install luksmeta 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 luksmeta using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install luksmeta
How To Uninstall luksmeta on Debian 10
To uninstall only the luksmeta package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove luksmeta
Uninstall luksmeta And Its Dependencies
To uninstall luksmeta and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove luksmeta
Remove luksmeta Configurations and Data
To remove luksmeta configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge luksmeta
Remove luksmeta configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove luksmeta configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge luksmeta
Dependencies
luksmeta have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install luksmeta package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
