How To Install depthcharge-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install depthcharge-tools on Debian 12.
What is depthcharge-tools
depthcharge-tools is:
The built-in firmware on ChromeOS devices has a custom verified boot implementation that can only boot from special images written to partitions of a certain type. This package provides tools that create these images for the running system and manage these partitions.
On ChromeOS devices, this also provides hooks to keep Debian bootable via the firmware’s custom verified boot method by automatically building boot images and writing them to appropriate partitions whenever a kernel or an initramfs change happens.
There are three methods to install depthcharge-tools 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 depthcharge-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install depthcharge-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install depthcharge-tools
Install depthcharge-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install depthcharge-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install depthcharge-tools
Install depthcharge-tools 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 depthcharge-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install depthcharge-tools
How To Uninstall depthcharge-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the depthcharge-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove depthcharge-tools
Uninstall depthcharge-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall depthcharge-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove depthcharge-tools
Remove depthcharge-tools Configurations and Data
To remove depthcharge-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge depthcharge-tools
Remove depthcharge-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove depthcharge-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge depthcharge-tools
Dependencies
depthcharge-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install depthcharge-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
