How To Install libtbb2-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtbb2-dbg on Debian 9. libtbb2-dbg is parallelism library for C++ - debugging symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtbb2-dbg on Debian 9.

What is libtbb2-dbg

libtbb2-dbg is:

TBB is a library that helps you leverage multi-core processor performance without having to be a threading expert. It represents a higher-level, task-based parallelism that abstracts platform details and threading mechanism for performance and scalability.

(Note: if you are a user of the i386 architecture, i.e., 32-bit Intel or compatible hardware, this package only supports Pentium4-compatible and higher processors.)

This package includes the TBB debugging symbols.

There are three methods to install libtbb2-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 libtbb2-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 libtbb2-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtbb2-dbg

Install libtbb2-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtbb2-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtbb2-dbg

Install libtbb2-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 libtbb2-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtbb2-dbg

How To Uninstall libtbb2-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libtbb2-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtbb2-dbg

Uninstall libtbb2-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtbb2-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtbb2-dbg

Remove libtbb2-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libtbb2-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtbb2-dbg

Remove libtbb2-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtbb2-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtbb2-dbg

Dependencies

libtbb2-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtbb2-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.