How To Install e2fsprogs on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs on Debian 10.
What is e2fsprogs
e2fsprogs is:
The ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems are successors of the original ext (“extended”) file system. They are the main file system types used for hard disks on Debian and other Linux systems.
This package contains programs for creating, checking, and maintaining ext2/3/4-based file systems. It also includes the “badblocks” program, which can be used to scan for bad blocks on a disk or other storage device.
There are three methods to install e2fsprogs 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 e2fsprogs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install e2fsprogs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install e2fsprogs
Install e2fsprogs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install e2fsprogs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install e2fsprogs
Install e2fsprogs 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 e2fsprogs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install e2fsprogs
How To Uninstall e2fsprogs on Debian 10
To uninstall only the e2fsprogs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove e2fsprogs
Uninstall e2fsprogs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall e2fsprogs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove e2fsprogs
Remove e2fsprogs Configurations and Data
To remove e2fsprogs configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge e2fsprogs
Remove e2fsprogs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove e2fsprogs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge e2fsprogs
Dependencies
e2fsprogs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2fsprogs package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.