How To Install dpm on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpm on Debian 9. dpm is Disk Pool Manager (DPM) client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpm on Debian 9.

What is dpm

dpm is:

The LCG Disk Pool Manager (DPM) creates a storage element from a set of disks. It provides several interfaces for storing and retrieving data such as RFIO and SRM version 1, version 2 and version 2.2. This package provides the command line interfaces for the DPM.

There are three methods to install dpm 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 dpm Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dpm using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dpm

Install dpm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dpm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dpm

Install dpm 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 dpm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dpm

How To Uninstall dpm on Debian 9

To uninstall only the dpm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dpm

Uninstall dpm And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dpm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dpm

Remove dpm Configurations and Data

To remove dpm configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dpm

Remove dpm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dpm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dpm

Dependencies

dpm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dpm package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.