How To Install quota on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quota
on Debian 11.
What is quota
quota is:
This package provides the standard set of utilities for manipulating file system usage caps via the Linux Diskquota system. It can set hard or soft limits with adjustable grace periods on block or inode usage for users and groups. It allows users to check their quota status, integrates with LDAP, and supports quotas on remote machines via NFS.
There are three methods to install quota
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install quota Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install quota
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install quota Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install quota
using apt
by running the following command:
Install quota 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.
After updating apt database, We can install quota
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall quota on Debian 11
To uninstall only the quota
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall quota And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quota
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
Remove quota Configurations and Data
To remove quota
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
Remove quota configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove quota
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
quota have the following dependencies:
- init-system-helpers
- libc6
- libdbus-1-3
- libext2fs2
- libldap-2.4-2
- libnl-3-200
- libnl-genl-3-200
- libtirpc3
- libwrap0
- debconf
- lsb-base
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quota
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.