How To Install fish-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install fish-dbg on Debian 9. fish-dbg is friendly interactive shell (debugging symbols)

Introduction

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

What is fish-dbg

fish-dbg is:

Fish is a shell geared towards interactive use. Its features are focused on user friendliness and discoverability. The language syntax is simple but incompatible with other shell languages.

This package contains gdb debugging symbols for the fish package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fish-dbg

Install fish-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fish-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install fish-dbg

How To Uninstall fish-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove fish-dbg

Uninstall fish-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fish-dbg

Remove fish-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fish-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

fish-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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