How To Install libzbd2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libzbd2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libzbd2 is Library to manipulate zoned block devices (shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzbd2 on Debian 12.

What is libzbd2

libzbd2 is:

libzbd uses the kernel provided zoned block device interface based on the ioctl() system call. It provides functions for discovering and managing the state of zones of zoned block devices. Read and write accesses to the devices can be done using standard standard I/O system calls.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libzbd2 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 libzbd2 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libzbd2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libzbd2

Install libzbd2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libzbd2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libzbd2

Install libzbd2 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 libzbd2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libzbd2

How To Uninstall libzbd2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libzbd2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libzbd2

Uninstall libzbd2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libzbd2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzbd2

Remove libzbd2 Configurations and Data

To remove libzbd2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libzbd2

Remove libzbd2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libzbd2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzbd2

Dependencies

libzbd2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzbd2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.