How To Install image-factory on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install image-factory on Debian 12.
What is image-factory
image-factory is:
image-factory is a command line tool for building golden Linux images. It uses virt-install to do installations via the network. The installation and configuration of the images is done using the netinstall support from the distributions, i.e.
- preseed for Debian/Ubuntu
- Kickstart for CentOS/Fedora
- AutoYaST for openSUSE
image-factory is used by IONOS Cloud to build the golden public Linux images for their Enterprise Cloud. The configuration files are shipped with this project to allow anyone to rebuild their images.
There are three methods to install image-factory 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 image-factory Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install image-factory using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install image-factory
Install image-factory Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install image-factory using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install image-factory
Install image-factory 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 image-factory using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install image-factory
How To Uninstall image-factory on Debian 12
To uninstall only the image-factory package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove image-factory
Uninstall image-factory And Its Dependencies
To uninstall image-factory and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove image-factory
Remove image-factory Configurations and Data
To remove image-factory configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge image-factory
Remove image-factory configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove image-factory configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge image-factory
Dependencies
image-factory have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install image-factory package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
