How To Install gridsite-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gridsite-dbg on Debian 9. gridsite-dbg is Debugging symbols for the gridsite clients and modules

Introduction

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

What is gridsite-dbg

gridsite-dbg is:

GridSite was originally a web application developed for managing and formatting the content of the http://www.gridpp.ac.uk/ website. Over the past years it has grown into a set of extensions to the Apache web server and a toolkit for Grid credentials, GACL access control lists and HTTP(S) protocol operations.

This package, gridsite-dbg, contains debugging symbols for the gridsite clients and httpd modules.

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

sudo apt-get -y install gridsite-dbg

Install gridsite-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gridsite-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install gridsite-dbg

How To Uninstall gridsite-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove gridsite-dbg

Uninstall gridsite-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gridsite-dbg

Remove gridsite-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gridsite-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

gridsite-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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