How To Install davfs2 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install davfs2 on Debian 12.
What is davfs2
davfs2 is:
Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV), an extension to the HTTP-protocol, allows authoring of resources on a remote web server. davfs2 provides the ability to access such resources like a typical filesystem, allowing for use by standard applications with no built-in support for WebDAV.
davfs2 is designed to fully integrate into the filesystem semantics of Unix-like systems (mount, umount, et c.). davfs2 makes mounting by unprivileged users as easy and secure as possible.
davfs2 does extensive caching to make the file system responsive, to avoid unnecessary network traffic and to prevent data loss, and to cope for slow or unreliable connections.
davfs2 will work with most WebDAV servers needing little or no configuration.
There are three methods to install davfs2 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 davfs2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install davfs2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install davfs2
Install davfs2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install davfs2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install davfs2
Install davfs2 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 davfs2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install davfs2
How To Uninstall davfs2 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the davfs2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove davfs2
Uninstall davfs2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall davfs2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove davfs2
Remove davfs2 Configurations and Data
To remove davfs2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge davfs2
Remove davfs2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove davfs2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge davfs2
Dependencies
davfs2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install davfs2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.