How To Install mtp-tools on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mtp-tools on Debian 10.
What is mtp-tools
mtp-tools is:
libmtp is a library for communicating with MTP aware devices in POSIX compliant operating systems. It implements MTP Basic, the subset proposed for standardization.
The Media Transfer Protocol (commonly referred to as MTP) is a devised set of custom extensions to support the transfer of music files on USB digital audio players and movie files on USB portable media players.
This package contains tools for communicating with MTP devices.
There are three methods to install mtp-tools on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mtp-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 mtp-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mtp-tools
Install mtp-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mtp-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mtp-tools
Install mtp-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 mtp-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mtp-tools
How To Uninstall mtp-tools on Debian 10
To uninstall only the mtp-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mtp-tools
Uninstall mtp-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mtp-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mtp-tools
Remove mtp-tools Configurations and Data
To remove mtp-tools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mtp-tools
Remove mtp-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mtp-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mtp-tools
Dependencies
mtp-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mtp-tools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.