How To Install myrescue on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install myrescue on Debian 9.
What is myrescue
myrescue is:
myrescue is a program to rescue the still-readable data from a damaged harddisk, CD-ROM, DVD, flash drives, etc. It is similar in purpose to dd_rescue (or ddrescue), but it tries to quickly get out of damaged areas to first handle the not yet damaged part of the disk and return later.
This package is useful to recover data from any media and for forensics investigations.
There are three methods to install myrescue 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 myrescue Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install myrescue using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install myrescue
Install myrescue Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install myrescue using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install myrescue
Install myrescue 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 myrescue using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install myrescue
How To Uninstall myrescue on Debian 9
To uninstall only the myrescue package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove myrescue
Uninstall myrescue And Its Dependencies
To uninstall myrescue and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove myrescue
Remove myrescue Configurations and Data
To remove myrescue configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge myrescue
Remove myrescue configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove myrescue configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge myrescue
Dependencies
myrescue have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install myrescue package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.