How To Install disk-manager on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install disk-manager on Debian 10.
What is disk-manager
disk-manager is:
Disk-Manager is a simple filesystem configurator that allows you to:
- Automatically detect new partitions at startup.
- Fully manage configuration of filesystem.
- Enable/disable write support for NTFS (needs ntfs-3g installed).
There are three methods to install disk-manager 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 disk-manager Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install disk-manager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install disk-manager
Install disk-manager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install disk-manager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install disk-manager
Install disk-manager 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 disk-manager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install disk-manager
How To Uninstall disk-manager on Debian 10
To uninstall only the disk-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove disk-manager
Uninstall disk-manager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall disk-manager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove disk-manager
Remove disk-manager Configurations and Data
To remove disk-manager configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge disk-manager
Remove disk-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove disk-manager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge disk-manager
Dependencies
disk-manager have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install disk-manager package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.