How To Install libzim0v5-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzim0v5-dbg on Debian 9. libzim0v5-dbg is library implementation of ZIM specifications (debug symbols)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzim0v5-dbg on Debian 9.

What is libzim0v5-dbg

libzim0v5-dbg is:

ZIM (Zeno IMproved) is an open file format for storing the contents of wiki for offline usage. This file format is primarily focused on providing the contents of Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects for offline use.

zimlib is the standard implementation of ZIM specification, which implements the read and write method for ZIM files.

ZIM is a file format created with focus on extracting and encoding data from Mediawiki for offline use.

This package contains debug symbols.

There are three methods to install libzim0v5-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 libzim0v5-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 libzim0v5-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libzim0v5-dbg

Install libzim0v5-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libzim0v5-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libzim0v5-dbg

Install libzim0v5-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 libzim0v5-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libzim0v5-dbg

How To Uninstall libzim0v5-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libzim0v5-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libzim0v5-dbg

Uninstall libzim0v5-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libzim0v5-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzim0v5-dbg

Remove libzim0v5-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libzim0v5-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libzim0v5-dbg

Remove libzim0v5-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libzim0v5-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzim0v5-dbg

Dependencies

libzim0v5-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libzim0v5-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.