How To Install libosinfo-bin on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosinfo-bin on Debian 12.
What is libosinfo-bin
libosinfo-bin 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.
This package contains the runtime files to detect operating systems and query the database.
There are three methods to install libosinfo-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 libosinfo-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 libosinfo-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libosinfo-bin
Install libosinfo-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libosinfo-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libosinfo-bin
Install libosinfo-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 libosinfo-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libosinfo-bin
How To Uninstall libosinfo-bin on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libosinfo-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libosinfo-bin
Uninstall libosinfo-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libosinfo-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosinfo-bin
Remove libosinfo-bin Configurations and Data
To remove libosinfo-bin configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libosinfo-bin
Remove libosinfo-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libosinfo-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosinfo-bin
Dependencies
libosinfo-bin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libosinfo-bin package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
