How To Install crossgrader on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install crossgrader on Debian 11. crossgrader is Debian crossgrading tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install crossgrader on Debian 11.

What is crossgrader

crossgrader is:

This package provides a tool to crossgrade (i.e. change the architecture) of a Debian install. It also provides a tool to check if all packages were successfully crossgraded.

The crossgrader automatically handles binaries required by the initramfs, packages marked as automatically installed, and crossgrades to architectures not natively supported on the current CPU.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install crossgrader

Install crossgrader Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install crossgrader

Install crossgrader 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 crossgrader using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install crossgrader

How To Uninstall crossgrader on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove crossgrader

Uninstall crossgrader And Its Dependencies

To uninstall crossgrader and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove crossgrader

Remove crossgrader Configurations and Data

To remove crossgrader configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge crossgrader

Remove crossgrader configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge crossgrader

Dependencies

crossgrader have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install crossgrader package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.