How To Install reiser4progs on Debian 12

Learn how to install reiser4progs on Debian 12 with this tutorial. reiser4progs is administration utilities for the Reiser4 filesystem

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install reiser4progs on Debian 12.

What is reiser4progs

reiser4progs is:

The following utilities to manage Reiser4 filesystems are provided:

  • debugfs.reiser4
  • fsck.reiser4
  • measurefs.reiser4
  • mkfs.reiser4

There are three methods to install reiser4progs 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 reiser4progs Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install reiser4progs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install reiser4progs

Install reiser4progs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install reiser4progs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install reiser4progs

Install reiser4progs 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 reiser4progs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install reiser4progs

How To Uninstall reiser4progs on Debian 12

To uninstall only the reiser4progs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove reiser4progs

Uninstall reiser4progs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall reiser4progs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove reiser4progs

Remove reiser4progs Configurations and Data

To remove reiser4progs configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge reiser4progs

Remove reiser4progs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove reiser4progs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge reiser4progs

Dependencies

reiser4progs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install reiser4progs package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.