How To Install libsword-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsword-dbg on Debian 9.
What is libsword-dbg
libsword-dbg is:
The SWORD Project is an open source, cross-platform (Linux, Windows, Solaris, MacOSX etc.) API/library for Bible software with a constantly growing list of front-ends (GUI, textmode, web-based, etc.) and a library of over 200 text modules.
This package contains the debug symbols for the libsword library.
There are three methods to install libsword-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 libsword-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 libsword-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsword-dbg
Install libsword-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsword-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsword-dbg
Install libsword-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 libsword-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsword-dbg
How To Uninstall libsword-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libsword-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsword-dbg
Uninstall libsword-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsword-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsword-dbg
Remove libsword-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libsword-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsword-dbg
Remove libsword-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsword-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsword-dbg
Dependencies
libsword-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsword-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
