How To Install zapping-dbg on Debian 9

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

Introduction

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

What is zapping-dbg

zapping-dbg is:

This package contains debugging symbols for zapping, which is a television viewer for GNOME environment.

It is based on plugins. This will make it easy to add functionality to the program, without making it hard to maintain, such as saving video as AVI/MPEG, viewing mirrored TV (scanning from right to left) or whatever you can imagine (and program).

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

sudo apt-get -y install zapping-dbg

Install zapping-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zapping-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install zapping-dbg

How To Uninstall zapping-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove zapping-dbg

Uninstall zapping-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zapping-dbg

Remove zapping-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge zapping-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

zapping-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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