How To Install libnbd-bin on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnbd-bin
on Debian 12.
What is libnbd-bin
libnbd-bin is:
NBD ?? Network Block Device ?? is a protocol for accessing Block Devices (hard disks and disk-like things) over a Network.
This is the NBD client library in userspace, a simple library for writing NBD clients.
This package contains utilities that make use of libnbd:
- nbdcopy
- nbddump
- nbdfuse
- nbdinfo
There are three methods to install libnbd-bin
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 libnbd-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnbd-bin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnbd-bin
Install libnbd-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnbd-bin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnbd-bin
Install libnbd-bin 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 libnbd-bin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnbd-bin
How To Uninstall libnbd-bin on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libnbd-bin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnbd-bin
Uninstall libnbd-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnbd-bin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnbd-bin
Remove libnbd-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libnbd-bin
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnbd-bin
Remove libnbd-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnbd-bin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnbd-bin
Dependencies
libnbd-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnbd-bin
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.