How To Install dmidecode-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dmidecode-dbg on Debian 9.
What is dmidecode-dbg
dmidecode-dbg is:
Dmidecode reports information about the system’s hardware as described in the system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard.
This package contains the debugging symbols.
There are three methods to install dmidecode-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 dmidecode-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 dmidecode-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dmidecode-dbg
Install dmidecode-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dmidecode-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dmidecode-dbg
Install dmidecode-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 dmidecode-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dmidecode-dbg
How To Uninstall dmidecode-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dmidecode-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dmidecode-dbg
Uninstall dmidecode-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dmidecode-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dmidecode-dbg
Remove dmidecode-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove dmidecode-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dmidecode-dbg
Remove dmidecode-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dmidecode-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dmidecode-dbg
Dependencies
dmidecode-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dmidecode-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.