How To Install gdisk on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdisk on Debian 11.
What is gdisk
gdisk is:
GPT fdisk (aka gdisk) is a text-mode partitioning tool that provides utilities for Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) Partition Table (GPT) disks.
Features:
- Edit GUID partition table definitions
- In place conversion of BSD disklabels to GPT
- In place conversion of MBR to GPT
- In place conversion of GPT to MBR
- Create hybrid MBR/GPT layouts
- Repair damaged GPT data structures
- Repair damaged MBR structures
- Back up GPT data to a file (and restore from file)
There are three methods to install gdisk on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gdisk Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gdisk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gdisk
Install gdisk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gdisk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gdisk
Install gdisk 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 gdisk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gdisk
How To Uninstall gdisk on Debian 11
To uninstall only the gdisk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gdisk
Uninstall gdisk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gdisk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gdisk
Remove gdisk Configurations and Data
To remove gdisk configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gdisk
Remove gdisk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gdisk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gdisk
Dependencies
gdisk have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gdisk package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.