How To Install fdisk on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fdisk on Debian 12.
What is fdisk
fdisk is:
This package contains the classic fdisk, sfdisk and cfdisk partitioning utilities from the util-linux suite.
The utilities included in this package allow you to partition your hard disk. The utilities supports both modern and legacy partition tables (eg. GPT, MBR, etc).
The fdisk utility is the classical text-mode utility. The cfdisk utilitity gives a more userfriendly curses based interface. The sfdisk utility is mostly for automation and scripting uses.
There are three methods to install fdisk 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 fdisk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fdisk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fdisk
Install fdisk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fdisk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fdisk
Install fdisk 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 fdisk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fdisk
How To Uninstall fdisk on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fdisk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fdisk
Uninstall fdisk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fdisk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fdisk
Remove fdisk Configurations and Data
To remove fdisk configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fdisk
Remove fdisk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fdisk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fdisk
Dependencies
fdisk have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fdisk package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.