How To Install libdevmapper1.02.1 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdevmapper1.02.1 on Debian 11. libdevmapper1.02.1 is Linux Kernel Device Mapper userspace library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdevmapper1.02.1 on Debian 11.

What is libdevmapper1.02.1

libdevmapper1.02.1 is:

The Linux Kernel Device Mapper is the LVM (Linux Logical Volume Management) Team’s implementation of a minimalistic kernel-space driver that handles volume management, while keeping knowledge of the underlying device layout in user-space. This makes it useful for not only LVM, but software raid, and other drivers that create “virtual” block devices.

This package contains the (user-space) shared library for accessing the device-mapper; it allows usage of the device-mapper through a clean, consistent interface (as opposed to through kernel ioctls).

There are three methods to install libdevmapper1.02.1 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libdevmapper1.02.1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdevmapper1.02.1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdevmapper1.02.1

Install libdevmapper1.02.1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdevmapper1.02.1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdevmapper1.02.1

Install libdevmapper1.02.1 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 libdevmapper1.02.1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdevmapper1.02.1

How To Uninstall libdevmapper1.02.1 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libdevmapper1.02.1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdevmapper1.02.1

Uninstall libdevmapper1.02.1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdevmapper1.02.1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdevmapper1.02.1

Remove libdevmapper1.02.1 Configurations and Data

To remove libdevmapper1.02.1 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdevmapper1.02.1

Remove libdevmapper1.02.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdevmapper1.02.1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdevmapper1.02.1

Dependencies

libdevmapper1.02.1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdevmapper1.02.1 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.