How To Install rapiddisk-dkms on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rapiddisk-dkms on Debian 12.
What is rapiddisk-dkms
rapiddisk-dkms 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.
This is the kernel module for Linux.
There are three methods to install rapiddisk-dkms 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-dkms 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-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rapiddisk-dkms
Install rapiddisk-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rapiddisk-dkms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rapiddisk-dkms
Install rapiddisk-dkms 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-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rapiddisk-dkms
How To Uninstall rapiddisk-dkms on Debian 12
To uninstall only the rapiddisk-dkms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rapiddisk-dkms
Uninstall rapiddisk-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rapiddisk-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rapiddisk-dkms
Remove rapiddisk-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove rapiddisk-dkms configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rapiddisk-dkms
Remove rapiddisk-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rapiddisk-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rapiddisk-dkms
Dependencies
rapiddisk-dkms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rapiddisk-dkms package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.