How To Install lsb-release-minimal on Debian 12

Learn how to install lsb-release-minimal on Debian 12 with this tutorial. lsb-release-minimal is Linux Standard Base version reporting utility (transitional package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lsb-release-minimal on Debian 12.

What is lsb-release-minimal

lsb-release-minimal is:

This is a transitional package. It can be safely removed.

There are three methods to install lsb-release-minimal 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 lsb-release-minimal 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-release-minimal using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lsb-release-minimal

Install lsb-release-minimal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lsb-release-minimal

Install lsb-release-minimal 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-release-minimal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lsb-release-minimal

How To Uninstall lsb-release-minimal on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove lsb-release-minimal

Uninstall lsb-release-minimal And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lsb-release-minimal

Remove lsb-release-minimal Configurations and Data

To remove lsb-release-minimal configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lsb-release-minimal

Remove lsb-release-minimal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lsb-release-minimal

Dependencies

lsb-release-minimal have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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