How To Install libfs6-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfs6-dbg on Debian 9. libfs6-dbg is X11 Font Services library (debug package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfs6-dbg on Debian 9.

What is libfs6-dbg

libfs6-dbg is:

libFS, the Font Services library, provides various functions useful to X11 font servers, and clients connecting to font servers. It is not used outside of thse implementations.

This package contains the debug versions of the library found in libfs6. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.

More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:http://www.X.org

This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libFS

There are three methods to install libfs6-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 libfs6-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 libfs6-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfs6-dbg

Install libfs6-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfs6-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfs6-dbg

Install libfs6-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 libfs6-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfs6-dbg

How To Uninstall libfs6-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libfs6-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfs6-dbg

Uninstall libfs6-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfs6-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfs6-dbg

Remove libfs6-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libfs6-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfs6-dbg

Remove libfs6-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfs6-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfs6-dbg

Dependencies

libfs6-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfs6-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.