How To Install ioprocess on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ioprocess on Debian 9.
What is ioprocess
ioprocess is:
When performing IO over network storage (specifically NFS) the process might get stuck in D state. To prevent your main process from becoming unkillable you might prefer to have a slave process do all the risky IO. This is what ioprocess is for.
There are three methods to install ioprocess 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 ioprocess Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ioprocess using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ioprocess
Install ioprocess Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ioprocess using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ioprocess
Install ioprocess 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 ioprocess using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ioprocess
How To Uninstall ioprocess on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ioprocess package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ioprocess
Uninstall ioprocess And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ioprocess and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ioprocess
Remove ioprocess Configurations and Data
To remove ioprocess configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ioprocess
Remove ioprocess configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ioprocess configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ioprocess
Dependencies
ioprocess have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ioprocess package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.