How To Install cramfsswap on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cramfsswap on Debian 9.
What is cramfsswap
cramfsswap is:
cramfs is a highly compressed and size optimized linux filesystem which is mainly used for embedded applications. the problem with cramfs is that it is endianess sensitive, meaning you can’t mount a cramfs for a big endian target on a little endian machine and vice versa. this is often especially a problem in the development phase.
cramfsswap solves that problem by allowing you to swap to endianess of a cramfs filesystem.
There are three methods to install cramfsswap 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 cramfsswap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cramfsswap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cramfsswap
Install cramfsswap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cramfsswap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cramfsswap
Install cramfsswap 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 cramfsswap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cramfsswap
How To Uninstall cramfsswap on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cramfsswap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cramfsswap
Uninstall cramfsswap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cramfsswap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cramfsswap
Remove cramfsswap Configurations and Data
To remove cramfsswap configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cramfsswap
Remove cramfsswap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cramfsswap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cramfsswap
Dependencies
cramfsswap have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cramfsswap package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.