How To Install discover-data on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install discover-data on Debian 10.
What is discover-data
discover-data is:
The Discover hardware detection library uses XML data files to describe software interfaces to various ATA, PCI, PMCMIA, SCSI, and USB devices. While the Discover library can retrieve data from anywhere on the net, it is often convenient to have a set of Discover XML data files on one’s system; thus, this package.
There are three methods to install discover-data 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 discover-data Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install discover-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install discover-data
Install discover-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install discover-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install discover-data
Install discover-data 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 discover-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install discover-data
How To Uninstall discover-data on Debian 10
To uninstall only the discover-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove discover-data
Uninstall discover-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall discover-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove discover-data
Remove discover-data Configurations and Data
To remove discover-data configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge discover-data
Remove discover-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove discover-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge discover-data
Dependencies
discover-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install discover-data package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.