How To Install tulip-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install tulip-dbg on Debian 9. tulip-dbg is Tulip graph library - debug symbols

Introduction

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

What is tulip-dbg

tulip-dbg is:

Debug symbols for tulip, a system dedicated to the visualization of huge graphs, and its various libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install tulip-dbg

Install tulip-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tulip-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install tulip-dbg

How To Uninstall tulip-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove tulip-dbg

Uninstall tulip-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tulip-dbg

Remove tulip-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tulip-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

tulip-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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