How To Install libedac1 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libedac1 on Debian 12.
What is libedac1
libedac1 is:
This package contains the user-space utilities for use with the EDAC kernel subsystem. EDAC (Error Detection and Correction) is a set of Linux kernel modules for handling hardware-related errors. Currently its major focus is ECC memory error handling. However it also detects and reports PCI bus parity errors.
PCI parity errors are supported on all architectures (and are a mandatory part of the PCI specification).
Main memory ECC drivers are memory controller specific. At the time of writing, drivers exist for many x86-specific chipsets and CPUs, and some PowerPC, and MIPS systems.
This package includes shared library
There are three methods to install libedac1 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 libedac1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libedac1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libedac1
Install libedac1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libedac1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libedac1
Install libedac1 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 libedac1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libedac1
How To Uninstall libedac1 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libedac1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libedac1
Uninstall libedac1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libedac1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libedac1
Remove libedac1 Configurations and Data
To remove libedac1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libedac1
Remove libedac1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libedac1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libedac1
Dependencies
libedac1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libedac1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
