How To Install libvirt-login-shell on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-login-shell on Debian 11.
What is libvirt-login-shell
libvirt-login-shell 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 virt-login-shell tool, which can be set as a user’s login shell to isolate their sessions using LXC containers.
There are three methods to install libvirt-login-shell 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 libvirt-login-shell 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-login-shell using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-login-shell
Install libvirt-login-shell Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-login-shell using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvirt-login-shell
Install libvirt-login-shell 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-login-shell using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-login-shell
How To Uninstall libvirt-login-shell on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libvirt-login-shell package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvirt-login-shell
Uninstall libvirt-login-shell And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvirt-login-shell and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirt-login-shell
Remove libvirt-login-shell Configurations and Data
To remove libvirt-login-shell configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-login-shell
Remove libvirt-login-shell configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvirt-login-shell configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-login-shell
Dependencies
libvirt-login-shell have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-login-shell package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.