How To Install lua-swupdate on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-swupdate on Debian 12.
What is lua-swupdate
lua-swupdate is:
This package contains the Lua bindings for swupdate.
swupdate is a Linux update agent with the goal to provide an efficient and safe way to update an embedded system.
- Install on embedded media (eMMC, SD, Raw NAND, NOR and SPI-NOR flashes)
- Allow delivery single image for multiple devices
- Multiple interfaces for getting software
- local storage
- integrated web server
- integrated REST client connector to hawkBit
- remote server download
- Software delivered as images, gzipped tarball, etc
- Allow custom handlers for installing FPGA/ microcontroller firmware.
- Power-Off safe
There are three methods to install lua-swupdate 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 lua-swupdate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-swupdate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-swupdate
Install lua-swupdate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-swupdate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-swupdate
Install lua-swupdate 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 lua-swupdate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-swupdate
How To Uninstall lua-swupdate on Debian 12
To uninstall only the lua-swupdate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-swupdate
Uninstall lua-swupdate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-swupdate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-swupdate
Remove lua-swupdate Configurations and Data
To remove lua-swupdate configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-swupdate
Remove lua-swupdate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-swupdate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-swupdate
Dependencies
lua-swupdate have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-swupdate package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
