How To Install thunderbird-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install thunderbird-dbg on Debian 9.
What is thunderbird-dbg
thunderbird-dbg is:
Thunderbird is an mail client suitable for free distribution. The goal of Thunderbird is to produce a cross platform stand-alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. It supports different mail accounts, no matter of the used protocol like POP(s) or IMAP(s), has an integrated learning Spam filter, and offers easy organization of mails with tagging and virtual folders. Also, more features can be added by installing extensions.
This package contains the debug symbols for Thunderbird. Install this package if you need to debug such a program or if you need a useful backtrace of a crash.
There are three methods to install thunderbird-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 thunderbird-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 thunderbird-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install thunderbird-dbg
Install thunderbird-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install thunderbird-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install thunderbird-dbg
Install thunderbird-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 thunderbird-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install thunderbird-dbg
How To Uninstall thunderbird-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the thunderbird-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove thunderbird-dbg
Uninstall thunderbird-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall thunderbird-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove thunderbird-dbg
Remove thunderbird-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove thunderbird-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge thunderbird-dbg
Remove thunderbird-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove thunderbird-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge thunderbird-dbg
Dependencies
thunderbird-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install thunderbird-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
