How To Install lyx-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install lyx-dbg on Debian 9. lyx-dbg is debugging symbols for LyX

Introduction

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

What is lyx-dbg

lyx-dbg is:

This package contains debugging symbols for LyX.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lyx-dbg

Install lyx-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lyx-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install lyx-dbg

How To Uninstall lyx-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove lyx-dbg

Uninstall lyx-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lyx-dbg

Remove lyx-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lyx-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

lyx-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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