How To Install usbip on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbip on Debian 10.
What is usbip
usbip is:
USB/IP is a system for sharing USB devices over the network.
To share USB devices between computers with their full functionality, USB/IP encapsulates “USB requests” into IP packets and transmits them between computers.
Original USB device drivers and applications can be used for remote USB devices without any modification of them. A computer can use remote USB devices as if they were directly attached.
Currently USB/IP provides no access control or encryption. It should only be used in trusted environments.
This package provides the server component ‘usbipd’ and the client tool ‘usbip’.
There are three methods to install usbip on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install usbip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install usbip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install usbip
Install usbip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install usbip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install usbip
Install usbip 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 usbip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install usbip
How To Uninstall usbip on Debian 10
To uninstall only the usbip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove usbip
Uninstall usbip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall usbip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove usbip
Remove usbip Configurations and Data
To remove usbip configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge usbip
Remove usbip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove usbip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge usbip
Dependencies
usbip have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbip package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.