How To Install lsb-base on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install lsb-base on Debian 11. lsb-base is Linux Standard Base init script functionality

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lsb-base on Debian 11.

What is lsb-base

lsb-base is:

The Linux Standard Base (http://www.linuxbase.org/) is a standard core system that third-party applications written for Linux can depend upon.

This package only includes the init-functions shell library, which may be used by other packages’ initialization scripts for console logging and other purposes.

There are three methods to install lsb-base 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 lsb-base Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lsb-base

Install lsb-base Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lsb-base

Install lsb-base 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 lsb-base using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lsb-base

How To Uninstall lsb-base on Debian 11

To uninstall only the lsb-base package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lsb-base

Uninstall lsb-base And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lsb-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lsb-base

Remove lsb-base Configurations and Data

To remove lsb-base configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lsb-base

Remove lsb-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lsb-base

Dependencies

lsb-base have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lsb-base package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.