How To Install python3-reflink on Debian 12

Learn how to install python3-reflink on Debian 12 with this tutorial. python3-reflink is Python Library wrapping platform-specific reflink implementations

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-reflink on Debian 12.

python3-reflink is:

Python wrapper around the reflink system calls.

Features:

  • Btrfs, XFS, OCFS2 reflink support. Btrfs is tested the most.
  • Apple macOS APFS clonefile support. Little testing, be careful. It might eat data.
  • A convenience method that checks support for reflinks within a specific directory.

There are three methods to install python3-reflink 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.

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-reflink using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-reflink

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-reflink using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-reflink

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 python3-reflink using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-reflink

To uninstall only the python3-reflink package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-reflink

To uninstall python3-reflink and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-reflink

To remove python3-reflink configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-reflink

We can use the following command to remove python3-reflink configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-reflink

Dependencies

python3-reflink have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-reflink package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.