How To Install netatalk-dbg on Debian 10

Learn how to install netatalk-dbg on Debian 10 with this tutorial. netatalk-dbg is Apple Filing Protocol service - debug symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install netatalk-dbg on Debian 10.

What is netatalk-dbg

netatalk-dbg is:

Netatalk is an implementation of the Apple Filing Protocol (AFP), for offering file service (mainly) to macOS clients.

Compared to the Windows-native SMB protocol (which is also supported on macOS), the Macintosh-native AFP protocol is accessible from a different network, can be simpler to setup and faster for some operations (e.g. server-to-server copying), and some features (e.g. the backup service Time Machine) may work more reliably than over SMB.

This package contains the debugging symbols for Netatalk.

There are three methods to install netatalk-dbg on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install netatalk-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 netatalk-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install netatalk-dbg

Install netatalk-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install netatalk-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install netatalk-dbg

How To Uninstall netatalk-dbg on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove netatalk-dbg

Uninstall netatalk-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall netatalk-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove netatalk-dbg

Remove netatalk-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove netatalk-dbg configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge netatalk-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

netatalk-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install netatalk-dbg package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.