How To Install libetpan-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libetpan-dbg on Debian 9. libetpan-dbg is debugging symbols for libetpan

Introduction

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

What is libetpan-dbg

libetpan-dbg is:

libEtPan! is a mail library. It may be used for low-level mail handling: network protocols (IMAP/NNTP/POP3/SMTP over TCP/IP with or without SSL), local storage (mbox/MH/maildir) and message/MIME parsing.

This package provides debugging symbols associated with libetpan. They will automatically be used by gdb when debugging libetpan-related issues.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libetpan-dbg

Install libetpan-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libetpan-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install libetpan-dbg

How To Uninstall libetpan-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libetpan-dbg

Uninstall libetpan-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libetpan-dbg

Remove libetpan-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libetpan-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

libetpan-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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