How To Install libostree-1-1 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libostree-1-1 on Debian 11.
What is libostree-1-1
libostree-1-1 is:
libostree is a library for managing bootable, immutable, versioned filesystem trees. It is like git in that it checksums individual files and has a content-addressed object store; unlike git, it “checks out” the files using hardlinks into an immutable directory tree. This can be used to provide atomic upgrades with rollback, history and parallel-installation, particularly useful on “fixed purpose” systems such as embedded devices. It is also used by the Flatpak application runtime system.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libostree-1-1 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libostree-1-1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libostree-1-1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libostree-1-1
Install libostree-1-1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libostree-1-1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libostree-1-1
Install libostree-1-1 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 libostree-1-1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libostree-1-1
How To Uninstall libostree-1-1 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libostree-1-1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libostree-1-1
Uninstall libostree-1-1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libostree-1-1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libostree-1-1
Remove libostree-1-1 Configurations and Data
To remove libostree-1-1 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libostree-1-1
Remove libostree-1-1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libostree-1-1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libostree-1-1
Dependencies
libostree-1-1 have the following dependencies:
- libarchive13
- libavahi-client3
- libavahi-common3
- libavahi-glib1
- libc6
- libglib2.0-0
- libgpg-error0
- libgpgme11
- liblzma5
- libmount1
- libselinux1
- libsoup2.4-1
- libsystemd0
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libostree-1-1 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
