How To Install fcoe-utils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcoe-utils on Debian 12.
What is fcoe-utils
fcoe-utils is:
This package allows users to use Fibre Channel over Ethernet. It contains: fcoeadm - command line tool for configuring FCoE interfaces fcoemon - service to configure DCB Ethernet QOS filters, works with dcbd
There are three methods to install fcoe-utils on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fcoe-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fcoe-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fcoe-utils
Install fcoe-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fcoe-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fcoe-utils
Install fcoe-utils 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 fcoe-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fcoe-utils
How To Uninstall fcoe-utils on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fcoe-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fcoe-utils
Uninstall fcoe-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fcoe-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fcoe-utils
Remove fcoe-utils Configurations and Data
To remove fcoe-utils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fcoe-utils
Remove fcoe-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fcoe-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fcoe-utils
Dependencies
fcoe-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fcoe-utils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.