How To Install libvmdk-utils on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmdk-utils on Debian 10.
What is libvmdk-utils
libvmdk-utils is:
libvmdk is a library to access the VMware Virtual Disk (VMDK) format.
This package contains tools to access data stored in VMDK files: vmdkinfo, vmdkmount.
There are three methods to install libvmdk-utils on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvmdk-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvmdk-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvmdk-utils
Install libvmdk-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvmdk-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvmdk-utils
Install libvmdk-utils 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 libvmdk-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvmdk-utils
How To Uninstall libvmdk-utils on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libvmdk-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvmdk-utils
Uninstall libvmdk-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvmdk-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvmdk-utils
Remove libvmdk-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libvmdk-utils configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvmdk-utils
Remove libvmdk-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvmdk-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvmdk-utils
Dependencies
libvmdk-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvmdk-utils package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.