How To Install ploop on Debian 12

Learn how to install ploop on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ploop is tools to work with ploop devices and images

Introduction

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

What is ploop

ploop is:

Ploop is a disk loopback block device, not unlike loop but with many features like dynamic resize, snapshots, backups etc. The main idea is to put container filesystem in a file.

This package contains tools to work with ploop devices and images.

There are three methods to install ploop 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 ploop Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ploop

Install ploop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ploop

Install ploop 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 ploop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ploop

How To Uninstall ploop on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove ploop

Uninstall ploop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ploop

Remove ploop Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ploop

Remove ploop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ploop

Dependencies

ploop have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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