How To Install rapiddisk on Debian 12

Learn how to install rapiddisk on Debian 12 with this tutorial. rapiddisk is Linux RAM Drive and Caching kernel modules

Introduction

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

What is rapiddisk

rapiddisk is:

This software defined advanced RAM drive and storage caching solution. This suite includes a collection of modules, configuration files, and command line utilities for managing RapidDisk enabled storage volumes and accessing them either locally or across an NVMe Target network.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rapiddisk

Install rapiddisk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rapiddisk

Install rapiddisk 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 rapiddisk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rapiddisk

How To Uninstall rapiddisk on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove rapiddisk

Uninstall rapiddisk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rapiddisk

Remove rapiddisk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rapiddisk

Remove rapiddisk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rapiddisk

Dependencies

rapiddisk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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