How To Install vboot-kernel-utils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vboot-kernel-utils on Debian 12.
What is vboot-kernel-utils
vboot-kernel-utils is:
This package provides the futility program (including the vbutil_kernel program required to sign custom kernels in order to get them booted by Chrome OS devices (i.e. Chromebooks)).
There are three methods to install vboot-kernel-utils 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 vboot-kernel-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vboot-kernel-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vboot-kernel-utils
Install vboot-kernel-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vboot-kernel-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vboot-kernel-utils
Install vboot-kernel-utils 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 vboot-kernel-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vboot-kernel-utils
How To Uninstall vboot-kernel-utils on Debian 12
To uninstall only the vboot-kernel-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vboot-kernel-utils
Uninstall vboot-kernel-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vboot-kernel-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vboot-kernel-utils
Remove vboot-kernel-utils Configurations and Data
To remove vboot-kernel-utils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vboot-kernel-utils
Remove vboot-kernel-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vboot-kernel-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vboot-kernel-utils
Dependencies
vboot-kernel-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vboot-kernel-utils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
