How To Install daxctl on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install daxctl on Debian 10.
What is daxctl
daxctl is:
“DAX” are file system extensions to bypass the page cache and block layer to mmap persistent memory, from a PMEM block device, directly into a process address space.
This package contains a utility for managing the device DAX subsystem in the Linux kernel.
There are three methods to install daxctl 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 daxctl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install daxctl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install daxctl
Install daxctl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install daxctl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install daxctl
Install daxctl 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 daxctl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install daxctl
How To Uninstall daxctl on Debian 10
To uninstall only the daxctl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove daxctl
Uninstall daxctl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall daxctl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove daxctl
Remove daxctl Configurations and Data
To remove daxctl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge daxctl
Remove daxctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove daxctl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge daxctl
Dependencies
daxctl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install daxctl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.