How To Install heimdal-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install heimdal-dbg on Debian 9. heimdal-dbg is Heimdal Kerberos - debugging symbols

Introduction

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

What is heimdal-dbg

heimdal-dbg is:

Heimdal is a free implementation of Kerberos 5 that aims to be compatible with MIT Kerberos.

This package contains the debugging symbols for all heimdal libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install heimdal-dbg

Install heimdal-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install heimdal-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install heimdal-dbg

How To Uninstall heimdal-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove heimdal-dbg

Uninstall heimdal-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove heimdal-dbg

Remove heimdal-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge heimdal-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

heimdal-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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