How To Install libedit2-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libedit2-dbg on Debian 9. libedit2-dbg is BSD editline and history libraries (debug package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libedit2-dbg on Debian 9.

What is libedit2-dbg

libedit2-dbg is:

Command line editor library provides generic line editing, history, and tokenization functions.

It slightly resembles GNU readline.

There are three methods to install libedit2-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 libedit2-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 libedit2-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libedit2-dbg

Install libedit2-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libedit2-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libedit2-dbg

Install libedit2-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 libedit2-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libedit2-dbg

How To Uninstall libedit2-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libedit2-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libedit2-dbg

Uninstall libedit2-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libedit2-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libedit2-dbg

Remove libedit2-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libedit2-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libedit2-dbg

Remove libedit2-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libedit2-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libedit2-dbg

Dependencies

libedit2-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libedit2-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.