How To Install clevis-dracut on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-dracut on Debian 10.
What is clevis-dracut
clevis-dracut is:
Clevis is a plugable framework for automated decryption. This package provides integration for the dracut initramfs to automatically unlock LUKSv1 block devices in early boot.
There are three methods to install clevis-dracut 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 clevis-dracut Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install clevis-dracut using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install clevis-dracut
Install clevis-dracut Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install clevis-dracut using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install clevis-dracut
Install clevis-dracut 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 clevis-dracut using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install clevis-dracut
How To Uninstall clevis-dracut on Debian 10
To uninstall only the clevis-dracut package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove clevis-dracut
Uninstall clevis-dracut And Its Dependencies
To uninstall clevis-dracut and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove clevis-dracut
Remove clevis-dracut Configurations and Data
To remove clevis-dracut configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge clevis-dracut
Remove clevis-dracut configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove clevis-dracut configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clevis-dracut
Dependencies
clevis-dracut have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clevis-dracut package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.