How To Install cfengine3-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cfengine3-dbg on Debian 9.
What is cfengine3-dbg
cfengine3-dbg is:
The main purpose of cfengine is to allow the system administrator to create a single central file which will define how every host on a network should be configured.
This package contains the debugging symbols for cfengine3.
There are three methods to install cfengine3-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 cfengine3-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 cfengine3-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cfengine3-dbg
Install cfengine3-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cfengine3-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cfengine3-dbg
Install cfengine3-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 cfengine3-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cfengine3-dbg
How To Uninstall cfengine3-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cfengine3-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cfengine3-dbg
Uninstall cfengine3-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cfengine3-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cfengine3-dbg
Remove cfengine3-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove cfengine3-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cfengine3-dbg
Remove cfengine3-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cfengine3-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cfengine3-dbg
Dependencies
cfengine3-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cfengine3-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.