How To Install usbsdmux on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbsdmux on Debian 12.
What is usbsdmux
usbsdmux is:
The USB-SD-Mux hardware allows switching a microSD card between the host computer via USB or a device-under-test, allowing programmatic testing of low-level parts of the boot process such as boot loader and early operating system.
This package provides a commandline interface to control switching between host computer and device-under-test, as well as a command to configure the USB-SD-Mux device itself.
There are three methods to install usbsdmux 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 usbsdmux Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install usbsdmux using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install usbsdmux
Install usbsdmux Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install usbsdmux using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install usbsdmux
Install usbsdmux 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 usbsdmux using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install usbsdmux
How To Uninstall usbsdmux on Debian 12
To uninstall only the usbsdmux package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove usbsdmux
Uninstall usbsdmux And Its Dependencies
To uninstall usbsdmux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove usbsdmux
Remove usbsdmux Configurations and Data
To remove usbsdmux configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge usbsdmux
Remove usbsdmux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove usbsdmux configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge usbsdmux
Dependencies
usbsdmux have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install usbsdmux package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
