How To Install squashfs-tools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install squashfs-tools on Debian 9.
What is squashfs-tools
squashfs-tools is:
Squashfs is a highly compressed read-only filesystem for Linux. It uses zlib compression to compress both files, inodes and directories. Inodes in the system are very small and all blocks are packed to minimise data overhead. Block sizes greater than 4K are supported up to a maximum of 64K.
Squashfs is intended for general read-only filesystem use, for archival use (i.e. in cases where a .tar.gz file may be used), and in constrained block device/memory systems (e.g. embedded systems) where low overhead is needed.
There are three methods to install squashfs-tools 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 squashfs-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 squashfs-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install squashfs-tools
Install squashfs-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install squashfs-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install squashfs-tools
Install squashfs-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 squashfs-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install squashfs-tools
How To Uninstall squashfs-tools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the squashfs-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove squashfs-tools
Uninstall squashfs-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall squashfs-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove squashfs-tools
Remove squashfs-tools Configurations and Data
To remove squashfs-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge squashfs-tools
Remove squashfs-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove squashfs-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge squashfs-tools
Dependencies
squashfs-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install squashfs-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.