How To Install netavark on Debian 12

Learn how to install netavark on Debian 12 with this tutorial. netavark is Rust based network stack for containers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install netavark on Debian 12.

What is netavark

netavark is:

Netavark is designed to work with but is also applicable for other OCI container management applications.

There are three methods to install netavark on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install netavark Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install netavark using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install netavark

Install netavark Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install netavark using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install netavark

Install netavark 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 netavark using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install netavark

How To Uninstall netavark on Debian 12

To uninstall only the netavark package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove netavark

Uninstall netavark And Its Dependencies

To uninstall netavark and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove netavark

Remove netavark Configurations and Data

To remove netavark configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge netavark

Remove netavark configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove netavark configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge netavark

Dependencies

netavark have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install netavark package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.