How To Install grub-pc-dbg on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-pc-dbg on Debian 12.
What is grub-pc-dbg
grub-pc-dbg is:
This package contains debugging files for grub-pc-bin. You only need these if you are trying to debug GRUB using its GDB stub.
There are three methods to install grub-pc-dbg on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install grub-pc-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 grub-pc-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grub-pc-dbg
Install grub-pc-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grub-pc-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grub-pc-dbg
Install grub-pc-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 grub-pc-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grub-pc-dbg
How To Uninstall grub-pc-dbg on Debian 12
To uninstall only the grub-pc-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grub-pc-dbg
Uninstall grub-pc-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grub-pc-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grub-pc-dbg
Remove grub-pc-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove grub-pc-dbg configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grub-pc-dbg
Remove grub-pc-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grub-pc-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grub-pc-dbg
Dependencies
grub-pc-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grub-pc-dbg package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.