How To Install emacs24-nox-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs24-nox-dbg on Debian 9. emacs24-nox-dbg is Debugging symbols for emacs24-nox

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs24-nox-dbg on Debian 9.

What is emacs24-nox-dbg

emacs24-nox-dbg is:

GNU Emacs is the extensible self-documenting text editor. This package contains the debugging symbols for the emacs24-nox package.

There are three methods to install emacs24-nox-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 emacs24-nox-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 emacs24-nox-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install emacs24-nox-dbg

Install emacs24-nox-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install emacs24-nox-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install emacs24-nox-dbg

Install emacs24-nox-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 emacs24-nox-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install emacs24-nox-dbg

How To Uninstall emacs24-nox-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the emacs24-nox-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove emacs24-nox-dbg

Uninstall emacs24-nox-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall emacs24-nox-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove emacs24-nox-dbg

Remove emacs24-nox-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove emacs24-nox-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge emacs24-nox-dbg

Remove emacs24-nox-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove emacs24-nox-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge emacs24-nox-dbg

Dependencies

emacs24-nox-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install emacs24-nox-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.