How To Install qapt-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qapt-dbg on Debian 9.
What is qapt-dbg
qapt-dbg is:
QApt is a collection of tools and a library providing a wrapper around APT. The intention is to ease the use of APT in Qt-based programs.
This package contains debugging symbols for QApt. When QApt crashes, in most cases this package is needed to get a backtrace that is useful for developers. If you have experienced a QApt crash without this package installed, please install it, try to reproduce the problem and fill a bug report with a new backtrace attached.
There are three methods to install qapt-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 qapt-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 qapt-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qapt-dbg
Install qapt-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qapt-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qapt-dbg
Install qapt-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 qapt-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qapt-dbg
How To Uninstall qapt-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the qapt-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qapt-dbg
Uninstall qapt-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qapt-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qapt-dbg
Remove qapt-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove qapt-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qapt-dbg
Remove qapt-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qapt-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qapt-dbg
Dependencies
qapt-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qapt-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
