How To Install reboot-notifier on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install reboot-notifier on Debian 12.
What is reboot-notifier
reboot-notifier is:
This package sends a daily email to the administrator when a system reboot is required due to a kernel update.
The format used for the temporary files in /var/run/ is designed to be compatible with any scripts that were written to work with the late update-notifier-common package.
There are three methods to install reboot-notifier 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 reboot-notifier Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install reboot-notifier using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install reboot-notifier
Install reboot-notifier Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install reboot-notifier using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install reboot-notifier
Install reboot-notifier 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 reboot-notifier using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install reboot-notifier
How To Uninstall reboot-notifier on Debian 12
To uninstall only the reboot-notifier package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove reboot-notifier
Uninstall reboot-notifier And Its Dependencies
To uninstall reboot-notifier and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove reboot-notifier
Remove reboot-notifier Configurations and Data
To remove reboot-notifier configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge reboot-notifier
Remove reboot-notifier configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove reboot-notifier configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge reboot-notifier
Dependencies
reboot-notifier have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install reboot-notifier package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
