How To Install blender-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install blender-dbg on Debian 9. blender-dbg is Very fast and versatile 3D modeller/renderer - debug package

Introduction

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

What is blender-dbg

blender-dbg is:

Blender is an integrated 3d suite for modelling, animation, rendering, post-production, interactive creation and playback (games).

This package contains debug symbols to produce useful backtraces.

There are three methods to install blender-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 blender-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 blender-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install blender-dbg

Install blender-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install blender-dbg

Install blender-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 blender-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install blender-dbg

How To Uninstall blender-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove blender-dbg

Uninstall blender-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove blender-dbg

Remove blender-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge blender-dbg

Remove blender-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

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

Dependencies

blender-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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