How To Install libostree-1-1 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libostree-1-1 on Debian 9. libostree-1-1 is content-addressed filesystem for operating system binaries (library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libostree-1-1 on Debian 9.

What is libostree-1-1

libostree-1-1 is:

OSTree is a tool and 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 9. 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 9

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 9, 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 9 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:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libostree-1-1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.