How To Install lxd-migrate on Debian 12

Learn how to install lxd-migrate on Debian 12 with this tutorial. lxd-migrate is LXD physical to instance migration tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxd-migrate on Debian 12.

What is lxd-migrate

lxd-migrate is:

This tool lets you turn any Linux filesystem (including your current one) into a LXD instance on a remote LXD host.

It will setup a clean mount tree made of the root filesystem and any additional mount you list, then transfer this through LXD’s migration API to create a new instance from it.

There are three methods to install lxd-migrate 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 lxd-migrate Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lxd-migrate

Install lxd-migrate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lxd-migrate

Install lxd-migrate 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 lxd-migrate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lxd-migrate

How To Uninstall lxd-migrate on Debian 12

To uninstall only the lxd-migrate package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lxd-migrate

Uninstall lxd-migrate And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxd-migrate

Remove lxd-migrate Configurations and Data

To remove lxd-migrate configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lxd-migrate

Remove lxd-migrate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxd-migrate

Dependencies

lxd-migrate have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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