How To Install libosinfo-1.0-0 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosinfo-1.0-0 on Debian 12.
What is libosinfo-1.0-0
libosinfo-1.0-0 is:
libosinfo is a GObject based library API for managing information about operating systems, hypervisors and the (virtual) hardware devices they can support. It includes a database containing device metadata and provides APIs to match/identify optimal devices for deploying an operating system on a hypervisor.
Via the GObject Introspection, the API is available in all common programming languages.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libosinfo-1.0-0 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 libosinfo-1.0-0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libosinfo-1.0-0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libosinfo-1.0-0
Install libosinfo-1.0-0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libosinfo-1.0-0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libosinfo-1.0-0
Install libosinfo-1.0-0 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 libosinfo-1.0-0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libosinfo-1.0-0
How To Uninstall libosinfo-1.0-0 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libosinfo-1.0-0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libosinfo-1.0-0
Uninstall libosinfo-1.0-0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libosinfo-1.0-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosinfo-1.0-0
Remove libosinfo-1.0-0 Configurations and Data
To remove libosinfo-1.0-0 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libosinfo-1.0-0
Remove libosinfo-1.0-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libosinfo-1.0-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosinfo-1.0-0
Dependencies
libosinfo-1.0-0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosinfo-1.0-0 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
