How To Install liblnk-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblnk-dbg on Debian 9. liblnk-dbg is Windows Shortcut File format access library – debug symbols

Introduction

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

What is liblnk-dbg

liblnk-dbg is:

liblnk is a library to access the Windows Shortcut File (LNK) format.

This package contains debug symbols.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblnk-dbg

Install liblnk-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblnk-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblnk-dbg

How To Uninstall liblnk-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove liblnk-dbg

Uninstall liblnk-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblnk-dbg

Remove liblnk-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblnk-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

liblnk-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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