How To Install uuid-runtime on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uuid-runtime on Debian 11.
What is uuid-runtime
uuid-runtime is:
The libuuid library generates and parses 128-bit Universally Unique IDs (UUIDs). A UUID is an identifier that is unique within the space of all such identifiers across both space and time. It can be used for multiple purposes, from tagging objects with an extremely short lifetime to reliably identifying very persistent objects across a network.
See RFC 4122 for more information.
This package contains the uuidgen program and the uuidd daemon.
The uuidd daemon is used to generate UUIDs, especially time-based UUIDs, in a secure and guaranteed-unique fashion, even in the face of large numbers of threads trying to grab UUIDs running on different CPUs. It is used by libuuid as well as the uuidgen program.
There are three methods to install uuid-runtime on Debian 11. 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-runtime 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-runtime using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uuid-runtime
Install uuid-runtime Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uuid-runtime using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uuid-runtime
Install uuid-runtime 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-runtime using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uuid-runtime
How To Uninstall uuid-runtime on Debian 11
To uninstall only the uuid-runtime package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uuid-runtime
Uninstall uuid-runtime And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uuid-runtime and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uuid-runtime
Remove uuid-runtime Configurations and Data
To remove uuid-runtime configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uuid-runtime
Remove uuid-runtime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uuid-runtime configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uuid-runtime
Dependencies
uuid-runtime have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uuid-runtime package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
