How To Install giflib-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install giflib-dbg on Debian 9.
What is giflib-dbg
giflib-dbg is:
GIFLIB is a package of portable tools and library routines for working with GIF images.
This package contains the debugging symbols.
There are three methods to install giflib-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 giflib-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 giflib-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install giflib-dbg
Install giflib-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install giflib-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install giflib-dbg
Install giflib-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 giflib-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install giflib-dbg
How To Uninstall giflib-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the giflib-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove giflib-dbg
Uninstall giflib-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall giflib-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove giflib-dbg
Remove giflib-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove giflib-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge giflib-dbg
Remove giflib-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove giflib-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge giflib-dbg
Dependencies
giflib-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install giflib-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.