How To Install fsarchiver on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fsarchiver on Debian 12.
What is fsarchiver
fsarchiver is:
FSArchiver is a system tool that allows you to save the contents of a file system to a compressed archive file. The file system can be restored on a partition which has a different size and it can be restored on a different file system. Unlike tar/dar, FSArchiver also creates the file system when it extracts the data to partitions. Everything is checksummed in the archive in order to protect the data. If the archive is corrupt, you just lose the current file, not the whole archive.
There are three methods to install fsarchiver 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 fsarchiver Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fsarchiver using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fsarchiver
Install fsarchiver Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fsarchiver using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fsarchiver
Install fsarchiver 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 fsarchiver using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fsarchiver
How To Uninstall fsarchiver on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fsarchiver package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fsarchiver
Uninstall fsarchiver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fsarchiver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fsarchiver
Remove fsarchiver Configurations and Data
To remove fsarchiver configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fsarchiver
Remove fsarchiver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fsarchiver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fsarchiver
Dependencies
fsarchiver have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fsarchiver package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.