How To Install kiwi on Debian 12

Learn how to install kiwi on Debian 12 with this tutorial. kiwi is Flexible OS Image and Appliance Builder

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kiwi on Debian 12.

What is `kiwi`

kiwi is:

The KIWI Image System provides an operating system image builder for Linux supported hardware platforms as well as for virtualization and cloud systems.

There are three methods to install kiwi 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 kiwi Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install kiwi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install kiwi

Install kiwi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kiwi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kiwi

Install kiwi 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 kiwi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kiwi

How To Uninstall kiwi on Debian 12

To uninstall only the kiwi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kiwi

Uninstall kiwi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall kiwi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kiwi

Remove kiwi Configurations and Data

To remove kiwi configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kiwi

Remove kiwi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kiwi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kiwi

Dependencies

kiwi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install kiwi package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.