How To Install base-files on Debian 11

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install base-files on Debian 11.

What is base-files

base-files is:

This package contains the basic filesystem hierarchy of a Debian system, and several important miscellaneous files, such as /etc/debian_version, /etc/host.conf, /etc/issue, /etc/motd, /etc/profile, and others, and the text of several common licenses in use on Debian systems.

There are three methods to install base-files 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 base-files Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install base-files

Install base-files Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install base-files

Install base-files 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 base-files using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install base-files

How To Uninstall base-files on Debian 11

To uninstall only the base-files package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove base-files

Uninstall base-files And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove base-files

Remove base-files Configurations and Data

To remove base-files configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge base-files

Remove base-files configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge base-files

Dependencies

base-files have the following dependencies:

• awk

References

• base-files website
• base-files on packages.debian.org

Summary

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