How To Install libgprofng0-dbg on Debian 12

Learn how to install libgprofng0-dbg on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libgprofng0-dbg is GNU Next Generation profiler (debug symbols)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgprofng0-dbg on Debian 12.

What is libgprofng0-dbg

libgprofng0-dbg is:

Gprofng is the GNU Next Generation profiler for analyzing the performance of Linux applications. This package includes the debug symbols for the libgprofng shared library.

There are three methods to install libgprofng0-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 libgprofng0-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 libgprofng0-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgprofng0-dbg

Install libgprofng0-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgprofng0-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgprofng0-dbg

Install libgprofng0-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 libgprofng0-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgprofng0-dbg

How To Uninstall libgprofng0-dbg on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libgprofng0-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgprofng0-dbg

Uninstall libgprofng0-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgprofng0-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgprofng0-dbg

Remove libgprofng0-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove libgprofng0-dbg configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgprofng0-dbg

Remove libgprofng0-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgprofng0-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgprofng0-dbg

Dependencies

libgprofng0-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgprofng0-dbg package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.