How To Install libconfig-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig-dbg on Debian 9.
What is libconfig-dbg
libconfig-dbg is:
This library features a fully reentrant parser and includes bindings for both the C and C++ programming languages. It runs on modern POSIX-compliant systems such as Linux, Solaris, and Mac OS X (Darwin), as well as on Microsoft Windows 2000/XP and later (Visual Studio or MinGW).
This library allows parsing, manipulating and writing structured configuration files.
This package provides debugging information for the libconfig library.
There are three methods to install libconfig-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 libconfig-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 libconfig-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libconfig-dbg
Install libconfig-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libconfig-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libconfig-dbg
Install libconfig-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 libconfig-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libconfig-dbg
How To Uninstall libconfig-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libconfig-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libconfig-dbg
Uninstall libconfig-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libconfig-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libconfig-dbg
Remove libconfig-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libconfig-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libconfig-dbg
Remove libconfig-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libconfig-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libconfig-dbg
Dependencies
libconfig-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libconfig-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
