How To Install lvm2 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2 on Debian 10.
What is lvm2
lvm2 is:
This is LVM2, the rewrite of The Linux Logical Volume Manager. LVM supports enterprise level volume management of disk and disk subsystems by grouping arbitrary disks into volume groups. The total capacity of volume groups can be allocated to logical volumes, which are accessed as regular block devices.
There are three methods to install lvm2 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lvm2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lvm2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lvm2
Install lvm2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lvm2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lvm2
Install lvm2 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 lvm2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lvm2
How To Uninstall lvm2 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the lvm2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lvm2
Uninstall lvm2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lvm2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lvm2
Remove lvm2 Configurations and Data
To remove lvm2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lvm2
Remove lvm2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lvm2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lvm2
Dependencies
lvm2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lvm2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.