How To Install reiserfsprogs on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install reiserfsprogs on Debian 9.
What is reiserfsprogs
reiserfsprogs is:
This package contains utilities to create, check, resize, and debug ReiserFS filesystems.
There are three methods to install reiserfsprogs 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 reiserfsprogs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install reiserfsprogs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install reiserfsprogs
Install reiserfsprogs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install reiserfsprogs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install reiserfsprogs
Install reiserfsprogs 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 reiserfsprogs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install reiserfsprogs
How To Uninstall reiserfsprogs on Debian 9
To uninstall only the reiserfsprogs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove reiserfsprogs
Uninstall reiserfsprogs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall reiserfsprogs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove reiserfsprogs
Remove reiserfsprogs Configurations and Data
To remove reiserfsprogs configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge reiserfsprogs
Remove reiserfsprogs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove reiserfsprogs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge reiserfsprogs
Dependencies
reiserfsprogs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install reiserfsprogs package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.