How To Install live-build on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install live-build on Debian 9.
What is live-build
live-build is:
The Live Systems project maintains the components to build Debian based Live systems and the official Debian Live images themselves.
live-build contains the components to build a live system from a configuration directory.
There are three methods to install live-build on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install live-build Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install live-build using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install live-build
Install live-build Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install live-build using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install live-build
Install live-build 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 live-build using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install live-build
How To Uninstall live-build on Debian 9
To uninstall only the live-build package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove live-build
Uninstall live-build And Its Dependencies
To uninstall live-build and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove live-build
Remove live-build Configurations and Data
To remove live-build configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge live-build
Remove live-build configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove live-build configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge live-build
Dependencies
live-build have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install live-build package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.