How To Install genimage on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install genimage on Debian 12.
What is genimage
genimage is:
genimage is a tool to generate multiple filesystem and flash/disk images from a given root filesystem tree. It also supports creating flash/disk images out of different file-system images and files.
There are three methods to install genimage 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 genimage Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install genimage using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install genimage
Install genimage Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install genimage using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install genimage
Install genimage 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 genimage using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install genimage
How To Uninstall genimage on Debian 12
To uninstall only the genimage package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove genimage
Uninstall genimage And Its Dependencies
To uninstall genimage and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove genimage
Remove genimage Configurations and Data
To remove genimage configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge genimage
Remove genimage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove genimage configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge genimage
Dependencies
genimage have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install genimage package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
