How To Install systray-mdstat on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install systray-mdstat on Debian 12.
What is systray-mdstat
systray-mdstat is:
systray-mdstat is a system tray icon indicating the state of local Linux Software RAIDs (as set up with mdadm) by checking /proc/mdstat for changes ?? especially failures ?? periodically.
The use case for this utility is a desktop or laptop with a software RAID setup and no remote monitoring of the RAID (e.g. for privacy reasons or due to lacking a permanent network connection or an appropriate monitoring server).
There are three methods to install systray-mdstat 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 systray-mdstat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install systray-mdstat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install systray-mdstat
Install systray-mdstat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install systray-mdstat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install systray-mdstat
Install systray-mdstat 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 systray-mdstat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install systray-mdstat
How To Uninstall systray-mdstat on Debian 12
To uninstall only the systray-mdstat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove systray-mdstat
Uninstall systray-mdstat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall systray-mdstat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove systray-mdstat
Remove systray-mdstat Configurations and Data
To remove systray-mdstat configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge systray-mdstat
Remove systray-mdstat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove systray-mdstat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge systray-mdstat
Dependencies
systray-mdstat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install systray-mdstat package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
