How To Install dexdump on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install dexdump on Debian 9. dexdump is Tool to display information about Android .dex files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dexdump on Debian 9.

What is dexdump

dexdump is:

The “dexdump” tool is intended to mimic “objdump”. When possible, use similar command-line arguments.

Note: dexdump on amd64 will not work until the upstream fixes it.

There are three methods to install dexdump 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 dexdump Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dexdump

Install dexdump Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dexdump using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dexdump

Install dexdump 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 dexdump using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dexdump

How To Uninstall dexdump on Debian 9

To uninstall only the dexdump package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dexdump

Uninstall dexdump And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dexdump

Remove dexdump Configurations and Data

To remove dexdump configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dexdump

Remove dexdump configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dexdump

Dependencies

dexdump have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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