How To Install cpmtools on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cpmtools on Debian 10.
What is cpmtools
cpmtools is:
This package allows access to CP/M file systems similar to the well-known mtools package, which accesses MSDOS file systems.
All CP/M file system features are supported.
There are three methods to install cpmtools 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 cpmtools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cpmtools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cpmtools
Install cpmtools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cpmtools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cpmtools
Install cpmtools 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 cpmtools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cpmtools
How To Uninstall cpmtools on Debian 10
To uninstall only the cpmtools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cpmtools
Uninstall cpmtools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cpmtools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cpmtools
Remove cpmtools Configurations and Data
To remove cpmtools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cpmtools
Remove cpmtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cpmtools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cpmtools
Dependencies
cpmtools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cpmtools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.