How To Install libfaketime on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfaketime on Debian 10.
What is libfaketime
libfaketime is:
The Fake Time Preload Library (FTPL, a.k.a. libfaketime) intercepts various system calls which programs use to retrieve the current date and time. It can then report faked dates and times (as specified by you, the user) to these programs. This means you can modify the system time a program sees without having to change the time system-wide. FTPL allows you to specify both absolute dates (e.g., 2004-01-01) and relative dates (e.g., 10 days ago).
This package contains the LD_PRELOAD library for faketime.
There are three methods to install libfaketime 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 libfaketime Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfaketime using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfaketime
Install libfaketime Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfaketime using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfaketime
Install libfaketime 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 libfaketime using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfaketime
How To Uninstall libfaketime on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libfaketime package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfaketime
Uninstall libfaketime And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfaketime and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfaketime
Remove libfaketime Configurations and Data
To remove libfaketime configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfaketime
Remove libfaketime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfaketime configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfaketime
Dependencies
libfaketime have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfaketime package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.