How To Install mender-artifact on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mender-artifact on Debian 12.
What is mender-artifact
mender-artifact is:
Mender Artifacts Library Mender is an open source over-the-air (OTA) software updater for embedded Linux devices. Mender comprises a client running at the embedded device, as well as a server that manages deployments across many devices.
This package contains the mender-artifact program which is used to generate the artifacts needed for mender OTA updates. The artifacts are generated from your existing ext4 rootfs image that you built for direct device deployments.
There are three methods to install mender-artifact 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 mender-artifact Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mender-artifact using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mender-artifact
Install mender-artifact Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mender-artifact using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mender-artifact
Install mender-artifact 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 mender-artifact using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mender-artifact
How To Uninstall mender-artifact on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mender-artifact package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mender-artifact
Uninstall mender-artifact And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mender-artifact and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mender-artifact
Remove mender-artifact Configurations and Data
To remove mender-artifact configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mender-artifact
Remove mender-artifact configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mender-artifact configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mender-artifact
Dependencies
mender-artifact have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mender-artifact package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.