How To Install libsgutils2-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsgutils2-dev on Debian 12.
What is libsgutils2-dev
libsgutils2-dev is:
Most OSes have SCSI pass-through interfaces that enable user space programs to send SCSI commands to a device and fetch the response. With SCSI to ATA Translation (SAT) many ATA disks now can process SCSI commands. Typically each utility in this package implements one SCSI command. See the draft standards at www.t10.org for SCSI command definitions plus SAT. ATA commands are defined in the draft standards at www.t13.org . For a mapping between supported SCSI and ATA commands and utility names in this package see the COVERAGE file.
Developer files (i.e. headers and a static library) which are associated with the utilities in the sg3-utils package.
There are three methods to install libsgutils2-dev 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 libsgutils2-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsgutils2-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsgutils2-dev
Install libsgutils2-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsgutils2-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsgutils2-dev
Install libsgutils2-dev 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 libsgutils2-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsgutils2-dev
How To Uninstall libsgutils2-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libsgutils2-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsgutils2-dev
Uninstall libsgutils2-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsgutils2-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsgutils2-dev
Remove libsgutils2-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libsgutils2-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsgutils2-dev
Remove libsgutils2-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsgutils2-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsgutils2-dev
Dependencies
libsgutils2-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsgutils2-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
