How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc on Debian 12.
What is libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc
libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc is:
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The library aims at providing a long term stable C API for different virtualization mechanisms. It currently supports QEMU, KVM, XEN, OpenVZ, LXC, and VirtualBox.
This package contains the libvirtd connection driver for LXC.
There are three methods to install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc
How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc
Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc
Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc Configurations and Data
To remove libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc
Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc
Dependencies
libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
