How To Install libcurl3-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcurl3-dbg on Debian 9.
What is libcurl3-dbg
libcurl3-dbg is:
libcurl is an easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP.
libcurl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic, Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, Kerberos), file transfer resume, http proxy tunneling and more!
libcurl is free, thread-safe, IPv6 compatible, feature rich, well supported, fast, thoroughly documented and is already used by many known, big and successful companies and numerous applications.
This package provides the debugging symbols of the OpenSSL, GnuTLS and NSS versions of libcurl3. It might be useful in debug sessions of software which uses libcurl.
There are three methods to install libcurl3-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 libcurl3-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 libcurl3-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcurl3-dbg
Install libcurl3-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcurl3-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcurl3-dbg
Install libcurl3-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 libcurl3-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcurl3-dbg
How To Uninstall libcurl3-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libcurl3-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcurl3-dbg
Uninstall libcurl3-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcurl3-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcurl3-dbg
Remove libcurl3-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libcurl3-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcurl3-dbg
Remove libcurl3-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcurl3-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcurl3-dbg
Dependencies
libcurl3-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcurl3-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
