How To Install libwiredtiger-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwiredtiger-dbg on Debian 9. libwiredtiger-dbg is high performance, scalable, NoSQL, extensible platform (debug symbols)

Introduction

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

What is libwiredtiger-dbg

libwiredtiger-dbg is:

Supports row-oriented storage (where all columns of a row are stored together), column-oriented storage (where columns are stored in groups, allowing for more efficient access and storage of column subsets) and log-structured merge trees (LSM), for sustained throughput under random insert workloads.

Includes ACID transactions with standard isolation levels and durability at both checkpoint and fine-grained granularity.

Can be used as a simple key/value store, but also has a complete schema layer, including indices and projections.

This package contains the debugging symbols for writing C applications using WiredTiger.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libwiredtiger-dbg

Install libwiredtiger-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwiredtiger-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install libwiredtiger-dbg

How To Uninstall libwiredtiger-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libwiredtiger-dbg

Uninstall libwiredtiger-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwiredtiger-dbg

Remove libwiredtiger-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libwiredtiger-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

libwiredtiger-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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