How To Install gparted on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gparted on Debian 9.
What is gparted
gparted is:
GParted uses libparted to detect and manipulate devices and partition tables while several (optional) filesystem tools provide support for filesystems not included in libparted.
There are three methods to install gparted 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 gparted Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gparted using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gparted
Install gparted Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gparted using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gparted
Install gparted 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 gparted using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gparted
How To Uninstall gparted on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gparted package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gparted
Uninstall gparted And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gparted and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gparted
Remove gparted Configurations and Data
To remove gparted configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gparted
Remove gparted configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gparted configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gparted
Dependencies
gparted have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gparted package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.