How To Install e2tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2tools on Debian 9.
What is e2tools
e2tools is:
E2tools is a simple set of utilities to read, write, and manipulate files in an ext2/ext3 filesystem.
The purpose of these utilities is manipulating ext2/ext3 filesystems from userspace without the need for mounting them, so that they can be used directly by normal users.
Included utilities are e2cp, e2mv, e2rm, e2mkdir, e2ln, e2ls and e2tail.
There are three methods to install e2tools 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 e2tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install e2tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install e2tools
Install e2tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install e2tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install e2tools
Install e2tools 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 e2tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install e2tools
How To Uninstall e2tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the e2tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove e2tools
Uninstall e2tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall e2tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove e2tools
Remove e2tools Configurations and Data
To remove e2tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge e2tools
Remove e2tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove e2tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge e2tools
Dependencies
e2tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install e2tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.