How To Install libwnck-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck-dbg on Debian 9.
What is libwnck-dbg
libwnck-dbg is:
A library to use for writing pagers and task lists. This variant of libwnck provides WNCK for GTK-2 based applications.
This package contains the debugging symbols for the libwnck22 library. They are installed into /usr/lib/debug and will automatically be used by gdb.
There are three methods to install libwnck-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 libwnck-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 libwnck-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwnck-dbg
Install libwnck-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwnck-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwnck-dbg
Install libwnck-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 libwnck-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwnck-dbg
How To Uninstall libwnck-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libwnck-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwnck-dbg
Uninstall libwnck-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwnck-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwnck-dbg
Remove libwnck-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libwnck-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwnck-dbg
Remove libwnck-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwnck-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwnck-dbg
Dependencies
libwnck-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwnck-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.