How To Install librscode-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install librscode-dbg
on Debian 9.
What is librscode-dbg
librscode-dbg is:
The RSCODE project is an implementation of a Reed-Solomon error correction algorithm. It provides a byte-sized block coding which is convenient for adding protection to data which is stored as eight-bit bytes (i.e., most common computer data).
The Reed-Solomon code is the same one used for encoding of data on Audio CD’s and CD-ROM disks, as well as many magnetic and optical disk controllers. You basically want to use Reed-Solomon coding in any situation where “forward error correction” is needed, i.e., the decoder will not have the option of requesting retransmission of bad blocks.
This package contains the debugging symbols.
There are three methods to install librscode-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 librscode-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 librscode-dbg
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install librscode-dbg
Install librscode-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install librscode-dbg
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install librscode-dbg
Install librscode-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 librscode-dbg
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install librscode-dbg
How To Uninstall librscode-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the librscode-dbg
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove librscode-dbg
Uninstall librscode-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall librscode-dbg
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove librscode-dbg
Remove librscode-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove librscode-dbg
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge librscode-dbg
Remove librscode-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove librscode-dbg
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librscode-dbg
Dependencies
librscode-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install librscode-dbg
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.