How To Install sg3-utils-udev on Debian 12

Learn how to install sg3-utils-udev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. sg3-utils-udev is utilities for devices using the SCSI command set (udev rules)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sg3-utils-udev on Debian 12.

What is sg3-utils-udev

sg3-utils-udev is:

Most OSes have SCSI pass-through interfaces that enable user space programs to send SCSI commands to a device and fetch the response. With SCSI to ATA Translation (SAT) many ATA disks now can process SCSI commands. Typically each utility in this package implements one SCSI command. See the draft standards at www.t10.org for SCSI command definitions plus SAT. ATA commands are defined in the draft standards at www.t13.org . For a mapping between supported SCSI and ATA commands and utility names in this package see the COVERAGE file.

udev rules which are associated with the utilities in the sg3-utils package.

There are three methods to install sg3-utils-udev 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 sg3-utils-udev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install sg3-utils-udev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sg3-utils-udev

Install sg3-utils-udev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sg3-utils-udev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sg3-utils-udev

Install sg3-utils-udev 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 sg3-utils-udev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sg3-utils-udev

How To Uninstall sg3-utils-udev on Debian 12

To uninstall only the sg3-utils-udev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sg3-utils-udev

Uninstall sg3-utils-udev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sg3-utils-udev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sg3-utils-udev

Remove sg3-utils-udev Configurations and Data

To remove sg3-utils-udev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sg3-utils-udev

Remove sg3-utils-udev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sg3-utils-udev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sg3-utils-udev

Dependencies

sg3-utils-udev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sg3-utils-udev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.