How To Install doodle-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install doodle-dbg on Debian 9. doodle-dbg is Desktop Search Engine (debug)

Introduction

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

What is doodle-dbg

doodle-dbg is:

It searches your hard drive for files using pattern matching on meta-data. It extracts file-format specific meta-data using libextractor and builds a suffix tree to index the files. The index can then be searched rapidly. It is similar to locate, but can take advantage of information such as ID3 tags. It is possible to do full-text indexing using the appropriate libextractor plugins. It also supports using FAM to keep the database up-to-date.

This package contains the debugging symbols.

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

sudo apt-get -y install doodle-dbg

Install doodle-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install doodle-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install doodle-dbg

How To Uninstall doodle-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove doodle-dbg

Uninstall doodle-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove doodle-dbg

Remove doodle-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge doodle-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

doodle-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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