How To Install quotatool on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install quotatool on Debian 9.
What is quotatool
quotatool is:
Quotatool is a utility to set filesystem quotas from the commandline. Most quota-utilities are interactive, requiring manual intervention from the user. Quotatool on the other hand is not, making it suitable for use in scripts and other non-interactive situations. This is very useful to edit disk quotas from scripts.
There are three methods to install quotatool on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install quotatool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install quotatool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install quotatool
Install quotatool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install quotatool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install quotatool
Install quotatool 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 quotatool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install quotatool
How To Uninstall quotatool on Debian 9
To uninstall only the quotatool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove quotatool
Uninstall quotatool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall quotatool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove quotatool
Remove quotatool Configurations and Data
To remove quotatool configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge quotatool
Remove quotatool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove quotatool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quotatool
Dependencies
quotatool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install quotatool package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.