How To Install libgss-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgss-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgss-dbg
libgss-dbg is:
The GNU Generic Security Service Library (GSSLib) is a free implementation of the GSS-API security framework. GSSLib uses Shishi to implement the Kerberos V5 mechanism, but is flexible enough to support other mechanisms too.
This package contains detached debugging information. Most people will not need this package. It is provided primarily to provide a backtrace with names in a debugger, this makes it somewhat easier to interpret core dumps. GDB will find this debug information automatically.
There are three methods to install libgss-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgss-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 libgss-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgss-dbg
Install libgss-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgss-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgss-dbg
Install libgss-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgss-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgss-dbg
How To Uninstall libgss-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgss-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgss-dbg
Uninstall libgss-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgss-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgss-dbg
Remove libgss-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libgss-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgss-dbg
Remove libgss-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgss-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgss-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgss-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
