How To Install debianutils on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debianutils on Debian 9.
What is debianutils
debianutils is:
This package provides a number of small utilities which are used primarily by the installation scripts of Debian packages, although you may use them directly.
The specific utilities included are: add-shell installkernel ischroot remove-shell run-parts savelog tempfile which
There are three methods to install debianutils 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 debianutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debianutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debianutils
Install debianutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debianutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debianutils
Install debianutils 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 debianutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debianutils
How To Uninstall debianutils on Debian 9
To uninstall only the debianutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debianutils
Uninstall debianutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debianutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debianutils
Remove debianutils Configurations and Data
To remove debianutils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debianutils
Remove debianutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debianutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debianutils
Dependencies
debianutils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debianutils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.