How To Install fiu-utils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fiu-utils on Debian 12.
What is fiu-utils
fiu-utils is:
libfiu is a C library for fault injection. It provides functions to mark “points of failure” inside your code (the “core API”), and functions to enable/disable the failure of those points (the “control API”).
This package contains the fiu-run, fiu-ls and fiu-ctrl utilities.
There are three methods to install fiu-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 fiu-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 fiu-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fiu-utils
Install fiu-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fiu-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fiu-utils
Install fiu-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 fiu-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fiu-utils
How To Uninstall fiu-utils on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fiu-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fiu-utils
Uninstall fiu-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fiu-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fiu-utils
Remove fiu-utils Configurations and Data
To remove fiu-utils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fiu-utils
Remove fiu-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fiu-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fiu-utils
Dependencies
fiu-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fiu-utils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
