How To Install libvolume-key-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvolume-key-dev
on Debian 12.
What is libvolume-key-dev
libvolume-key-dev is:
This package provides the development header files for libvolume_key, a library for manipulating storage volume encryption keys and storing them separately from volumes.
The main goal of the software is to allow restoring access to an encrypted hard drive if the primary user forgets the passphrase. The encryption key back up can also be useful for extracting data after a hardware or software failure that corrupts the header of the encrypted volume, or to access the company data after an employee leaves abruptly.
There are three methods to install libvolume-key-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 libvolume-key-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 libvolume-key-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvolume-key-dev
Install libvolume-key-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvolume-key-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvolume-key-dev
Install libvolume-key-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 libvolume-key-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvolume-key-dev
How To Uninstall libvolume-key-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libvolume-key-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvolume-key-dev
Uninstall libvolume-key-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvolume-key-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvolume-key-dev
Remove libvolume-key-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libvolume-key-dev
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvolume-key-dev
Remove libvolume-key-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvolume-key-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvolume-key-dev
Dependencies
libvolume-key-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvolume-key-dev
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.