How To Install portreserve on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install portreserve on Debian 10.
What is portreserve
portreserve is:
The portreserve program aims to help services with well-known ports that lie in the bindresvport() range (currently 600-1023). It prevents programs requesting a port to the libc from occupying a real service’s port by occupying it itself, until the real service tells it to release the port (generally in its init script).
There are three methods to install portreserve 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 portreserve Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install portreserve using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install portreserve
Install portreserve Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install portreserve using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install portreserve
Install portreserve 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 portreserve using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install portreserve
How To Uninstall portreserve on Debian 10
To uninstall only the portreserve package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove portreserve
Uninstall portreserve And Its Dependencies
To uninstall portreserve and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove portreserve
Remove portreserve Configurations and Data
To remove portreserve configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge portreserve
Remove portreserve configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove portreserve configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge portreserve
Dependencies
portreserve have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install portreserve package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.