How To Install guestfish on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install guestfish on Debian 12.
What is guestfish
guestfish is:
The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk images.
This package contains guestfish, the interactive shell, and some small tools that are built around it.
There are three methods to install guestfish 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 guestfish Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install guestfish using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install guestfish
Install guestfish Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install guestfish using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install guestfish
Install guestfish 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 guestfish using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install guestfish
How To Uninstall guestfish on Debian 12
To uninstall only the guestfish package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove guestfish
Uninstall guestfish And Its Dependencies
To uninstall guestfish and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove guestfish
Remove guestfish Configurations and Data
To remove guestfish configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge guestfish
Remove guestfish configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove guestfish configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guestfish
Dependencies
guestfish have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install guestfish package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
