How To Install libxcb-present0-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcb-present0-dbg on Debian 9.
What is libxcb-present0-dbg
libxcb-present0-dbg is:
This package contains the debugging symbols associated with libxcb-present, the present extension for the X C Binding. gdb will automatically use these symbols when debugging libxcb-present.
The XCB library provides an interface to the X Window System protocol, designed to replace the Xlib interface. XCB provides several advantages over Xlib:
- Size: small library and lower memory footprint
- Latency hiding: batch several requests and wait for the replies later
- Direct protocol access: one-to-one mapping between interface and protocol
- Thread support: access XCB from multiple threads, with no explicit locking
- Easy creation of new extensions: automatically generates interface from machine-parsable protocol descriptions
There are three methods to install libxcb-present0-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 libxcb-present0-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 libxcb-present0-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libxcb-present0-dbg
Install libxcb-present0-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libxcb-present0-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libxcb-present0-dbg
Install libxcb-present0-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 libxcb-present0-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libxcb-present0-dbg
How To Uninstall libxcb-present0-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libxcb-present0-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libxcb-present0-dbg
Uninstall libxcb-present0-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libxcb-present0-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxcb-present0-dbg
Remove libxcb-present0-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove libxcb-present0-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libxcb-present0-dbg
Remove libxcb-present0-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libxcb-present0-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxcb-present0-dbg
Dependencies
libxcb-present0-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libxcb-present0-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.