How To Install libopenal1-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenal1-dbg on Debian 9.
What is libopenal1-dbg
libopenal1-dbg is:
OpenAL, the Open Audio Library, is a joint effort to create an open, vendor-neutral, cross-platform API for interactive, primarily spatialized audio. OpenAL’s primary audience are application developers and desktop users that rely on portable standards like OpenGL, for games and other multimedia applications.
These symbols are useful in debugging the libopenal1 library.
This package installs the OpenAL Soft shared debug symbols.
There are three methods to install libopenal1-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 libopenal1-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 libopenal1-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenal1-dbg
Install libopenal1-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenal1-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenal1-dbg
Install libopenal1-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 libopenal1-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenal1-dbg
How To Uninstall libopenal1-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libopenal1-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenal1-dbg
Uninstall libopenal1-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenal1-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenal1-dbg
Remove libopenal1-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libopenal1-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenal1-dbg
Remove libopenal1-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenal1-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenal1-dbg
Dependencies
libopenal1-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenal1-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
