How To Install apt-dater-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-dater-dbg on Debian 9. apt-dater-dbg is terminal-based remote package update manager (dbg symbols)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-dater-dbg on Debian 9.

What is apt-dater-dbg

apt-dater-dbg is:

apt-dater provides an easy to use ncurses frontend for managing package updates on a large number of remote hosts using SSH. It supports Debian-based managed hosts as well as openSUSE and CentOS based systems.

This package contains the debugging symbols for the apt-dater package.

There are three methods to install apt-dater-dbg on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install apt-dater-dbg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install apt-dater-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install apt-dater-dbg

Install apt-dater-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install apt-dater-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install apt-dater-dbg

Install apt-dater-dbg 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 apt-dater-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apt-dater-dbg

How To Uninstall apt-dater-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the apt-dater-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove apt-dater-dbg

Uninstall apt-dater-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall apt-dater-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apt-dater-dbg

Remove apt-dater-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove apt-dater-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge apt-dater-dbg

Remove apt-dater-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove apt-dater-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apt-dater-dbg

Dependencies

apt-dater-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-dater-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.