How To Install msrtool on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install msrtool on Debian 9.
What is msrtool
msrtool is:
The msrtool utility can dump MSR (model-specific register) contents, which is useful for debugging and development.
The tool currently supports the following CPUs/chipsets:
- Intel Pentium III
- Intel Pentium IIV
- Intel Core
- Intel Core 2
- Intel Nehalem
- Intel Atom
- AMD Geode GX2
- AMD Geode LX
- AMD Geode CS5536
- AMD K8
It has been developed for the coreboot project (see http://coreboot.org for details on coreboot), but may also be useful for other purposes.
There are three methods to install msrtool on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install msrtool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install msrtool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install msrtool
Install msrtool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install msrtool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install msrtool
Install msrtool 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 msrtool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install msrtool
How To Uninstall msrtool on Debian 9
To uninstall only the msrtool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove msrtool
Uninstall msrtool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall msrtool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove msrtool
Remove msrtool Configurations and Data
To remove msrtool configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge msrtool
Remove msrtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove msrtool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge msrtool
Dependencies
msrtool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install msrtool package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.