How To Install libfsapfs-utils on Debian 12

Learn how to install libfsapfs-utils on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libfsapfs-utils is APFS access library – Utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfsapfs-utils on Debian 12.

What is libfsapfs-utils

libfsapfs-utils is:

libfsapfs is a library to access the Apple File System (APFS).

This package contains fsapfsinfo, an APFS information retrieval utility, and fpafsmount, a FUSE-based APFS filesystem implementation.

There are three methods to install libfsapfs-utils 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 libfsapfs-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfsapfs-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfsapfs-utils

Install libfsapfs-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfsapfs-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfsapfs-utils

Install libfsapfs-utils 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 libfsapfs-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfsapfs-utils

How To Uninstall libfsapfs-utils on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libfsapfs-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfsapfs-utils

Uninstall libfsapfs-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfsapfs-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfsapfs-utils

Remove libfsapfs-utils Configurations and Data

To remove libfsapfs-utils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfsapfs-utils

Remove libfsapfs-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfsapfs-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfsapfs-utils

Dependencies

libfsapfs-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfsapfs-utils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.