How To Install ldmtool on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ldmtool on Debian 10.
What is ldmtool
ldmtool is:
ldmtool exposes libldm’s functionality as a command-line tool.
libldm is a library for managing Microsoft Windows dynamic disks, which use Microsoft’s LDM metadata. It can inspect them, and also create and remove device-mapper block devices which can be mounted.
There are three methods to install ldmtool on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ldmtool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ldmtool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ldmtool
Install ldmtool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ldmtool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ldmtool
Install ldmtool 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 ldmtool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ldmtool
How To Uninstall ldmtool on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ldmtool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ldmtool
Uninstall ldmtool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ldmtool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ldmtool
Remove ldmtool Configurations and Data
To remove ldmtool configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ldmtool
Remove ldmtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ldmtool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ldmtool
Dependencies
ldmtool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ldmtool package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.