How To Install spi-tools on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install spi-tools on Debian 12.
What is spi-tools
spi-tools is:
This package contains spi-config and spi-pipe, simple command line tools to help using Linux spidev devices.
There are three methods to install spi-tools 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 spi-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install spi-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install spi-tools
Install spi-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install spi-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install spi-tools
Install spi-tools 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 spi-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install spi-tools
How To Uninstall spi-tools on Debian 12
To uninstall only the spi-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove spi-tools
Uninstall spi-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall spi-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove spi-tools
Remove spi-tools Configurations and Data
To remove spi-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge spi-tools
Remove spi-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove spi-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spi-tools
Dependencies
spi-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install spi-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
