How To Install tor-dbg on Debian 9

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

Introduction

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

What is tor-dbg

tor-dbg is:

This package provides the debugging symbols for Tor, The Onion Router. Those symbols allow your debugger to assign names to your backtraces, which makes it somewhat easier to interpret core dumps.

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

sudo apt-get -y install tor-dbg

Install tor-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tor-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install tor-dbg

How To Uninstall tor-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove tor-dbg

Uninstall tor-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tor-dbg

Remove tor-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tor-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

tor-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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