How To Install debvm on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debvm on Debian 12.
What is debvm
debvm is:
The tool debvm-create can be used to create a virtual machine image and the tool debvm-run can be used to run such a machine image. Their purpose primarily is testing software using qemu as a containment technology. These are relatively thin wrappers around mmdebstrap and qemu.
There are three methods to install debvm 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 debvm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debvm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debvm
Install debvm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debvm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debvm
Install debvm 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 debvm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debvm
How To Uninstall debvm on Debian 12
To uninstall only the debvm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debvm
Uninstall debvm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debvm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debvm
Remove debvm Configurations and Data
To remove debvm configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debvm
Remove debvm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debvm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debvm
Dependencies
debvm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debvm package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
