How To Install libblockdev-plugins-all on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-plugins-all on Debian 12.
What is libblockdev-plugins-all
libblockdev-plugins-all is:
libblockdev is a C library with GObject introspection support that can be used for doing low-level operations with block devices like setting up LVM, BTRFS, LUKS or MD RAID.
The library uses plugins (LVM, BTRFS,…) and serves as a thin wrapper around its plugins’ functionality.
This is a metapackage that depends on all libblockdev plugins.
There are three methods to install libblockdev-plugins-all 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 libblockdev-plugins-all Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libblockdev-plugins-all using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libblockdev-plugins-all
Install libblockdev-plugins-all Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libblockdev-plugins-all using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libblockdev-plugins-all
Install libblockdev-plugins-all 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 libblockdev-plugins-all using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libblockdev-plugins-all
How To Uninstall libblockdev-plugins-all on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libblockdev-plugins-all package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libblockdev-plugins-all
Uninstall libblockdev-plugins-all And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libblockdev-plugins-all and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libblockdev-plugins-all
Remove libblockdev-plugins-all Configurations and Data
To remove libblockdev-plugins-all configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libblockdev-plugins-all
Remove libblockdev-plugins-all configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libblockdev-plugins-all configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libblockdev-plugins-all
Dependencies
libblockdev-plugins-all have the following dependencies:
- libblockdev2
- libblockdev-btrfs2
- libblockdev-crypto2
- libblockdev-dm2
- libblockdev-fs2
- libblockdev-kbd2
- libblockdev-loop2
- libblockdev-lvm2
- libblockdev-lvm-dbus2
- libblockdev-mdraid2
- libblockdev-nvdimm2
- libblockdev-mpath2
- libblockdev-part2
- libblockdev-part-err2
- libblockdev-swap2
- libblockdev-utils2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libblockdev-plugins-all package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
