How To Install siftool on Debian 12

Learn how to install siftool on Debian 12 with this tutorial. siftool is utility to manipulate Singularity Image Format (SIF) files

Introduction

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

What is siftool

siftool is:

This package provides “siftool” CLI program to manipulate SIF container files.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install siftool

Install siftool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install siftool

Install siftool 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 siftool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install siftool

How To Uninstall siftool on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove siftool

Uninstall siftool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove siftool

Remove siftool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge siftool

Remove siftool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge siftool

Dependencies

siftool have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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