How To Install weresync on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install weresync on Debian 12.
What is weresync
weresync is:
This package allows you to clone your drive to a target drive. It clones the drive incrementally, so after the first clone it will take a much shorter time. It provides both the “weresync” and “weresync-gui” commands, in order to run the program.
Why use WereSync?
WereSync is accessible to less-technical users. It comes with a simple interface and clone a drive with a single command while your computer is running. No booting to a live disk or pushing through a long initiation process. Unlike dd or CloneZilla, WereSync requires a low level of technical skill and has an easy learning curve
WereSync can run while the your main drive is being used, instead of blocking your computer up for hours at a time
WereSync will incrementally update clones, making subsequent clones much faster.
WereSync works quickly, a single command copies your entire drive, no booting to live CDs or managing MBRs.
WereSync can copy to a smaller drive, provided your drive’s data will fit.
WereSync creates new UUIDs for the new partitions, allowing you to use the old and new drives alongside each other.
There are three methods to install weresync 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 weresync Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install weresync using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install weresync
Install weresync Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install weresync using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install weresync
Install weresync 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 weresync using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install weresync
How To Uninstall weresync on Debian 12
To uninstall only the weresync package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove weresync
Uninstall weresync And Its Dependencies
To uninstall weresync and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove weresync
Remove weresync Configurations and Data
To remove weresync configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge weresync
Remove weresync configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove weresync configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge weresync
Dependencies
weresync have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install weresync package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.