How To Install libmm-dbg on Debian 10

Learn how to install libmm-dbg on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libmm-dbg is Shared memory library - debugging symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmm-dbg on Debian 10.

What is libmm-dbg

libmm-dbg is:

OSSP mm is a two layer abstraction library which simplifies the use of shared memory between forked (and therefore closely related) processes. It hides all platform-dependent aspects of the process from the user and provides a malloc(3)-style API.

This package contains debugging symbols for the library to aid debugging of programs that use it.

There are three methods to install libmm-dbg on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmm-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 libmm-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmm-dbg

Install libmm-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmm-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmm-dbg

How To Uninstall libmm-dbg on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libmm-dbg

Uninstall libmm-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmm-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmm-dbg

Remove libmm-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libmm-dbg configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmm-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmm-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmm-dbg package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.