How To Install libldm-dbg on Debian 9

Introduction

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

What is libldm-dbg

libldm-dbg is:

libldm is a library for managing Microsoft Windows dynamic disks, which use Microsoft’s LDM metadata. It can inspect them, and also create and remove device-mapper block devices which can be mounted.

This package includes the debug symbols

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

sudo apt-get -y install libldm-dbg

Install libldm-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libldm-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install libldm-dbg

How To Uninstall libldm-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libldm-dbg

Uninstall libldm-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libldm-dbg

Remove libldm-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libldm-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

libldm-dbg have the following dependencies:

• libldm-1.0-0

References

• libldm-dbg website

Summary

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