How To Install gworkspace-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gworkspace-dbg on Debian 9. gworkspace-dbg is GNUstep Workspace Manager - debugging symbols

Introduction

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

What is gworkspace-dbg

gworkspace-dbg is:

GWorkspace is GNUstep’s workspace manager.

This package provides the detached debugging symbols for GWorkspace and all of its supporting tools and libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gworkspace-dbg

Install gworkspace-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gworkspace-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install gworkspace-dbg

How To Uninstall gworkspace-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove gworkspace-dbg

Uninstall gworkspace-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gworkspace-dbg

Remove gworkspace-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gworkspace-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

gworkspace-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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