How To Install liblz-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblz-dbg on Debian 9. liblz-dbg is data compressor based on the LZMA algorithm (debug)

Introduction

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

What is liblz-dbg

liblz-dbg is:

The lzlib compression library provides in-memory LZMA compression and decompression functions, including integrity checking of the uncompressed data. The compressed data format used by the library is the lzip format.

This package contains the debugging symbols.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblz-dbg

Install liblz-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblz-dbg

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblz-dbg

How To Uninstall liblz-dbg on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove liblz-dbg

Uninstall liblz-dbg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblz-dbg

Remove liblz-dbg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblz-dbg

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

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

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

Dependencies

liblz-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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