How To Install mount on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mount on Debian 11.
What is mount
mount is:
This package provides the mount(8), umount(8), swapon(8), swapoff(8), and losetup(8) commands.
There are three methods to install mount on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mount Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mount using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mount
Install mount Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mount using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mount
Install mount 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 mount using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mount
How To Uninstall mount on Debian 11
To uninstall only the mount package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mount
Uninstall mount And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mount and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mount
Remove mount Configurations and Data
To remove mount configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mount
Remove mount configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mount configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mount
Dependencies
mount have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mount package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.