How To Install lxd-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxd-tools
on Debian 12.
What is lxd-tools
lxd-tools is:
LXD is a next generation system container and virtual machine manager. It offers a unified user experience around full Linux systems running inside containers or virtual machines.
This package contains extra tools provided with LXD.
- fuidshift - A tool to map/unmap filesystem uids/gids
- lxc-to-lxd - A tool to migrate LXC containers to LXD
- lxd-benchmark - A benchmarking tool for LXD
There are three methods to install lxd-tools
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-tools 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-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lxd-tools
Install lxd-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lxd-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lxd-tools
Install lxd-tools 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-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lxd-tools
How To Uninstall lxd-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the lxd-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lxd-tools
Uninstall lxd-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lxd-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lxd-tools
Remove lxd-tools Configurations and Data
To remove lxd-tools
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lxd-tools
Remove lxd-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lxd-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lxd-tools
Dependencies
lxd-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lxd-tools
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.