How To Install crun on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install crun on Debian 12.
What is crun
crun is:
crun is a command line program for running Linux containers that follow the Open Container Initiative (OCI) format. It is alternative to runc, but fully written in C, and focused on being fast and low-memory.
As an OCI runtime, crun is low-level and primarily intended to be used through a container engine, such as podman, docker, and containerd.
There are three methods to install crun on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install crun Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install crun using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install crun
Install crun Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install crun using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install crun
Install crun 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 crun using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install crun
How To Uninstall crun on Debian 12
To uninstall only the crun package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove crun
Uninstall crun And Its Dependencies
To uninstall crun and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove crun
Remove crun Configurations and Data
To remove crun configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge crun
Remove crun configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove crun configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge crun
Dependencies
crun have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install crun package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
