How To Install uuid on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uuid on Debian 10.
What is uuid
uuid is:
OSSP uuid is an ISO-C and Perl application programming interface (API) and corresponding command line interface (CLI) for the generation of DCE 1.1 and ISO/IEC 11578:1996 compliant Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). It supports DCE 1.1 variant UUIDs of version 1 (time and node based), version 3 (name based) and version 4 (random number based).
UUIDs are 128 bit numbers which are intended to have a high likelihood of uniqueness over space and time and are computationally difficult to guess. They are globally unique identifiers which can be locally generated without contacting a global registration authority. UUIDs are intended as unique identifiers for both mass tagging objects with an extremely short lifetime and to reliably identifying very persistent objects across a network.
This package contains the Universally Unique Identifier Command-Line Tool.
There are three methods to install uuid 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 uuid Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install uuid using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uuid
Install uuid Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uuid using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uuid
Install uuid 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 uuid using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uuid
How To Uninstall uuid on Debian 10
To uninstall only the uuid package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uuid
Uninstall uuid And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uuid and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uuid
Remove uuid Configurations and Data
To remove uuid configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uuid
Remove uuid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uuid configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uuid
Dependencies
uuid have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uuid package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.