How To Install weechat-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install weechat-dbg on Debian 9.
What is weechat-dbg
weechat-dbg is:
WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a fast and light chat client for many operating systems. Everything can be done with a keyboard.
This package contains gdb debugging symbols for the WeeChat packages.
There are three methods to install weechat-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 weechat-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 weechat-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install weechat-dbg
Install weechat-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install weechat-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install weechat-dbg
Install weechat-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 weechat-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install weechat-dbg
How To Uninstall weechat-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the weechat-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove weechat-dbg
Uninstall weechat-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall weechat-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove weechat-dbg
Remove weechat-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove weechat-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge weechat-dbg
Remove weechat-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove weechat-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge weechat-dbg
Dependencies
weechat-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install weechat-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
