How To Install libgavl1-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgavl1-dbg on Debian 9. libgavl1-dbg is debugging symbols for libgavl1

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgavl1-dbg on Debian 9.

What is libgavl1-dbg

libgavl1-dbg is:

Gavl handles all the details of audio and video formats like colorspaces, samplerates, multichannel configurations etc. It provides standardized definitions for those formats as well as container structures for carrying audio samples or video images inside an application.

In addition, it handles the sometimes ugly task to convert between all these formats and provides some elementary operations (copying, scaling, alpha blending etc).

This package contains the debugging symbols for libgavl1

There are three methods to install libgavl1-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 libgavl1-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 libgavl1-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgavl1-dbg

Install libgavl1-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgavl1-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgavl1-dbg

Install libgavl1-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 libgavl1-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgavl1-dbg

How To Uninstall libgavl1-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libgavl1-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgavl1-dbg

Uninstall libgavl1-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgavl1-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgavl1-dbg

Remove libgavl1-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libgavl1-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgavl1-dbg

Remove libgavl1-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgavl1-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgavl1-dbg

Dependencies

libgavl1-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgavl1-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.