How To Install fosfat on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fosfat on Debian 9.
What is fosfat
fosfat is:
Fosfat is a C library for providing read-only access to a Smaky formatted disk. Currently, only a tool and a FUSE extension that use this library can be used for reading a directory and copying a file.
The Smaky is a line of mostly 8-bit personal computers and accompanying operating system developed at the EPFL (?cole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne), in Switzerland, from 1974.
There are three methods to install fosfat 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 fosfat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fosfat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fosfat
Install fosfat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fosfat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fosfat
Install fosfat 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 fosfat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fosfat
How To Uninstall fosfat on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fosfat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fosfat
Uninstall fosfat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fosfat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fosfat
Remove fosfat Configurations and Data
To remove fosfat configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fosfat
Remove fosfat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fosfat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fosfat
Dependencies
fosfat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fosfat package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.