How To Install gimp-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp-dbg on Debian 9.
What is gimp-dbg
gimp-dbg is:
This package includes the debugging symbols useful for debugging GIMP and its libraries, contained in the gimp and libgimp2.0 packages. The debugging symbols are used for execution tracing and core dump analysis.
There are three methods to install gimp-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 gimp-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 gimp-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gimp-dbg
Install gimp-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gimp-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gimp-dbg
Install gimp-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 gimp-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gimp-dbg
How To Uninstall gimp-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gimp-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gimp-dbg
Uninstall gimp-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gimp-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gimp-dbg
Remove gimp-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove gimp-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gimp-dbg
Remove gimp-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gimp-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gimp-dbg
Dependencies
gimp-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.