How To Install aptfs on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install aptfs
on Debian 9.
What is aptfs
aptfs is:
AptFs is a FUSE-based filesystem that provides a view to unpacked Debian source packages (obtained via APT) as regular folders. Binary packages are modelled as symbolic links pointing to their respective source package.
There are three methods to install aptfs
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install aptfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install aptfs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install aptfs
Install aptfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install aptfs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install aptfs
Install aptfs 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 aptfs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install aptfs
How To Uninstall aptfs on Debian 9
To uninstall only the aptfs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove aptfs
Uninstall aptfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall aptfs
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove aptfs
Remove aptfs Configurations and Data
To remove aptfs
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge aptfs
Remove aptfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove aptfs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aptfs
Dependencies
aptfs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install aptfs
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.