How To Install containerd on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install containerd on Debian 11.
What is containerd
containerd is:
Containerd is an industry-standard container runtime with an emphasis on simplicity, robustness and portability. It is available as a daemon for Linux and Windows, which can manage the complete container life cycle of its host system: image transfer and storage, container execution and supervision, low-level storage and network attachments, etc.
Containerd is designed to be embedded into a larger system, rather than being used directly by developers or end-users.
This package contains the binaries.
There are three methods to install containerd on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install containerd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install containerd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install containerd
Install containerd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install containerd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install containerd
Install containerd 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 containerd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install containerd
How To Uninstall containerd on Debian 11
To uninstall only the containerd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove containerd
Uninstall containerd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall containerd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove containerd
Remove containerd Configurations and Data
To remove containerd configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge containerd
Remove containerd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove containerd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge containerd
Dependencies
containerd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install containerd package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
