How To Install smokegen-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install smokegen-dbg on Debian 9. smokegen-dbg is SMOKE development tools – debug symbols

Introduction

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

What is smokegen-dbg

smokegen-dbg is:

SMOKE provides infrastructure which is used for creating bindings for multiple languages such as Ruby, C# and PHP.

This package contains the debug symbols for the SMOKE generator and libraries, used to investigate problems in them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install smokegen-dbg

Install smokegen-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install smokegen-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install smokegen-dbg

How To Uninstall smokegen-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove smokegen-dbg

Uninstall smokegen-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smokegen-dbg

Remove smokegen-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge smokegen-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

smokegen-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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