How To Install libnice-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnice-dbg on Debian 9. libnice-dbg is ICE library (debugging symbols)

Introduction

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

What is libnice-dbg

libnice-dbg is:

Nice is an implementation of the IETF’s draft Interactive Connectivity Establishment standard (ICE). ICE is useful for applications that want to establish peer-to-peer UDP data streams. It automates the process of traversing NATs and provides security against some attacks.

Existing standards that use ICE include the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) and the Jingle XMPP extension for audio/video calls.

Nice includes integration with GStreamer.

This package provides debugging symbols for nice.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libnice-dbg

Install libnice-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libnice-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install libnice-dbg

How To Uninstall libnice-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libnice-dbg

Uninstall libnice-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnice-dbg

Remove libnice-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libnice-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

libnice-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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