How To Install multipath-tools on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install multipath-tools on Debian 11.
What is multipath-tools
multipath-tools is:
These tools are in charge of maintaining the disk multipath device maps and react to path and map events.
If you install this package you may have to change the way you address block devices. See README.Debian for details.
There are three methods to install multipath-tools 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 multipath-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 multipath-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install multipath-tools
Install multipath-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install multipath-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install multipath-tools
Install multipath-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 multipath-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install multipath-tools
How To Uninstall multipath-tools on Debian 11
To uninstall only the multipath-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove multipath-tools
Uninstall multipath-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall multipath-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove multipath-tools
Remove multipath-tools Configurations and Data
To remove multipath-tools configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge multipath-tools
Remove multipath-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove multipath-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multipath-tools
Dependencies
multipath-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install multipath-tools package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.