How To Install libxapian30-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxapian30-dbg on Debian 9. libxapian30-dbg is Debugging symbols for the Xapian Search engine library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxapian30-dbg on Debian 9.

What is libxapian30-dbg

libxapian30-dbg is:

This package contains debugging symbols for the core Xapian library.

The Xapian search engine library is a highly adaptable toolkit which allows developers to easily add advanced indexing and search facilities to their own applications. It implements the probabilistic model of information retrieval, and provides facilities for performing ranked free-text searches, relevance feedback, phrase searching, boolean searching, stemming, and simultaneous update and searching. It is highly scalable, and is capable of working with collections containing hundreds of millions of documents.

There are three methods to install libxapian30-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 libxapian30-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 libxapian30-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxapian30-dbg

Install libxapian30-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxapian30-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxapian30-dbg

Install libxapian30-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 libxapian30-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxapian30-dbg

How To Uninstall libxapian30-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libxapian30-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxapian30-dbg

Uninstall libxapian30-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxapian30-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxapian30-dbg

Remove libxapian30-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libxapian30-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxapian30-dbg

Remove libxapian30-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxapian30-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxapian30-dbg

Dependencies

libxapian30-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxapian30-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.