How To Install libqcow-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqcow-dbg on Debian 9.
What is libqcow-dbg
libqcow-dbg is:
libqcow is a library to access the QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image format.
This package contains debug symbols.
There are three methods to install libqcow-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 libqcow-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 libqcow-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libqcow-dbg
Install libqcow-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libqcow-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libqcow-dbg
Install libqcow-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 libqcow-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libqcow-dbg
How To Uninstall libqcow-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libqcow-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libqcow-dbg
Uninstall libqcow-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libqcow-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqcow-dbg
Remove libqcow-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libqcow-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libqcow-dbg
Remove libqcow-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libqcow-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqcow-dbg
Dependencies
libqcow-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqcow-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.